Scientists have demonstrated a new humanoid robot that can run at a top speed of just over 8 miles per hour (mph) — or 3.6 meters per second (m/s) to be exact. This makes it the speediest machine of its kind built so far,

Boston Dynamics wants to evolve its Atlas model of robots to the point where they have flexible “mobile manipulators” that will fill existing autonomy gaps in factories, warehouses and — eventually — domestic situations.