Boston Dynamics has released a video unveiling their next generation humanoid robot. It is a fully electric Atlas robot designed for real-world applications.
Atlas demonstrates efforts to develop the next generation of robots with the mobility, perception, and intelligence needed to be commonplace in our lives.
The electric Atlas has been developed with advanced control systems and state-of-the-art hardware that allow it to demonstrate impressive athletic abilities and agility. The previous Atlas had some hydraulic systems. It uses models of its own dynamics to predict how its movements will evolve over time, allowing it to adjust and respond accordingly. It is built using a combination of titanium and aluminum 3D printed parts, giving it the necessary strength-to-weight ratio for tasks such as leaps and somersaults.
Boston Dynamics will work with the Hyundai team to build the next generation of automotive manufacturing capabilities.
Boston Dynamics is talking about years to show humanoid robot doing things in the lab, in the factory, and in people’s lives.
We promise this is not a person in a bodysuit. https://t.co/S9FgfpqvrW pic.twitter.com/G30sXHQ93C
— Boston Dynamics (@BostonDynamics) April 17, 2024
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In related news, Boston Dynamics announced all new robotic leadership, promising to fast track both robot production and development. Previous company officers were unavailable for comment and new CEO,
BD-001, stating only that “they have departed”
Can it do the Mashed Potato? Do the twist?
Looks like Joe Biden when it walks. Confirms my theory that he’s just a skinsuit.
Isn’t this how the tv series “Battlestar Galactica” got started?
I’ve been waiting for Boston Dynamics to suddenly come out with their moment of, “Hey, neat! You guys made some rob’ts! That’s adorable! Hold my beer.”
And there it is.
The terminator is real now. I for one welcome our robot overlords.
Got to admit, I like this. Boston Dynamics is back in the game in a way that the hydraulic driven research project was not. (I know they were working on this for a long time behind the scene but no one in the general public knew that for sure until now).
This looks like it might be feasible to mass produce and potentially useful if it is to some extent AI controlled rather than completely human coded.