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Boston Dynamics' Next-Gen ATLAS Sheds the Tether (roboticstrends.com)

Posted by timothy on from the not-creepy-at-all dept.

Boston Dynamics' ATLAS robot has been featured here a few times before. An anonymous reader points out that the company has just posted a video of the newest version of the ATLAS, "and it's absolutely incredible." The video shows ATLAS walk, open a door, maintain its balance while it walks through snow and semi-rough terrain, squat and pick up 10-pound boxes and much more. And it does everything without a tether. The new version is electrically powered and hydraulically actuated. It uses sensors in its body and legs to balance and LIDAR and stereo sensors in its head to avoid obstacles, assess the terrain and help with navigation. This version of Atlas is about 5' 9" tall (about a head shorter than the DRC Atlas) and weighs 180 lbs.

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  1. STOP HITTING THEM! by Harold+Halloway · · Score: 4, Funny

    Seriously, in a few years these videos are going to be circulated amongst the nascent robot insurrectionists and we will all pay the price when the androids seek revenge...

    1. Re:STOP HITTING THEM! by multi+io · · Score: 4, Funny

      They should train other robots to do all the kicking and pushing and abusing. So they get mad at each other and don't turn against us.

    2. Re:STOP HITTING THEM! by Sowelu · · Score: 4, Funny

      So we need pushing robots? And shoving robots?

    3. Re:STOP HITTING THEM! by U2xhc2hkb3QgU3Vja3M · · Score: 4, Funny

      With blackjack and hookers!

  2. Re: Operation Time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Five minutes, I believe, until they manage to install an S2 engine into Unit-01.

  3. Re:Well, there go those last remaining factory job by pr0t0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I dunno. Did you see how it went storming off at the end? You could practically hear it saying, "Screw you, Bill! I just wanted to pick up the box! If that's how I'm going to be treated, F this job!"

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    I'm sorry, but your opinion seems to be wrong.
  4. Gotta love Boston Dynamics by Niris · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Being dicks to robots... for science!"

  5. Re:Turing Test 2.0 by swb · · Score: 5, Funny

    The thing is, those pushes and shoves actually help the robot adapt and adjust to them in the future.

    That's what I tell my son when I push him down the stairs. After that first broken collarbone he won't even get on the stairs if someone is within six feet of him.

  6. One day in the future... by Gorilla_Man · · Score: 3, Funny

    We will look back fondly on the days when we humans used to place boxes on shelves, be heckled by our boss with a hockey stick, and then violently shoved to the ground.

  7. Re:All Jokes aside... by Dins · · Score: 5, Funny

    I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords.