Less than half the Earth's landmass is accessible to existing wheeled and tracked vehicles.
But people and animals using their legs can go almost anywhere. Our mission at Boston
Dynamics is to develop a new breed of rough-terrain robots that capture the mobility,
autonomy and speed of living creatures. Such robots will travel in outdoor terrain that is too
steep, rutted, rocky, wet, muddy, and snowy for conventional vehicles. They will travel in
cities and in our homes, doing chores and providing care, where steps, stairways and …