Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 3:35 am Post subject: Watch the Next Generation Atlas Robot Get Bullied By A Man!
Boston Dynamics has a new video showing off the latest version of Atlas—the badass humanoid robot. And it’s pretty incredible. The most striking thing about this new version is the amazing balance Atlas achieves. I’ve never seen a humanoid robot with this kind of agility.
This version of Atlas can not only walk over rough terrain, but he can squat and pick up boxes. You can even push Atlas violently with a hockey stick and he’ll maintain his balance. And his most incredible accomplishment? He can stand up after falling down.
That thing is pretty incredible. The possibilities for it's use are fairly mind boggling, and with the fact that it's power supply is now batteries and that it's some 70kg lighter than the previous version it's operation time could be spectacular especially if it learn't to self charge from any available power source.
