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[efyu_lemonardo]

RIP Hydraulic Atlas

Boston Dynamics Retires Its Legendary Humanoid Robot

Farewell, hydraulic Atlas

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Welcome Electric Atlas

New robot is a commercial product. Stronger than previous version according to CEO. As strong as an elite human athlete with much larger range of motion.

Hello, Electric Atlas

Boston Dynamics introduces a fully electric humanoid robot that “exceeds human performance”

spectrum.ieee.org

Q&A with CEO
Working on testing the new platform in Hyundai factories starting 2025. (Hyundai owns Boston Dynamics).
More information to come.

Q&A: Boston Dynamics’ Robert Playter on The New Atlas

The robotics company’s CEO answers our questions about its new humanoid

spectrum.ieee.org

So, this robot will be stronger at most of its joints than a person, and even an elite athlete, and will have a range of motion that exceeds anything a person can ever do. We’ve also compared the strength of our new electric Atlas to our hydraulic Atlas, and the electric Atlas is stronger.

About the new head:

The old Atlas did not have an articulated head. But having an articulated head gives you a tool that you can use to indicate intent, and there are integrated lights which will be able to communicate to users. Some of our original concepts had more of a [human] head shape, but for us they always looked a little bit threatening or dystopian somehow, and we wanted to get away from that. So we made a very purposeful decision about the head shape, and our explicit intent was for it not to be human-like. We’re trying to project something else: a friendly place to look to gain some understanding about the intent of the robot.

The design borrows from some friendly shapes that we’d seen in the past. For example, there’s the old Pixar lamp that everybody fell in love with decades ago, and that informed some of the design for us.

 

[Wheeljack539]

RIP Hydraulic Atlas

Boston Dynamics Retires Its Legendary Humanoid Robot

Farewell, hydraulic Atlas

spectrum.ieee.org

Welcome Electric Atlas


New robot is a commercial product. Stronger than previous version according to CEO. As strong as human athlete with much larger range of motion.

Hello, Electric Atlas

Boston Dynamics introduces a fully electric humanoid robot that “exceeds human performance”

spectrum.ieee.org

Q&A with CEO. More information to come.

Q&A: Boston Dynamics’ Robert Playter on The New Atlas

The robotics company’s CEO answers our questions about its new humanoid

spectrum.ieee.org

Yup, we're doomed.

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

Yup, we're doomed.

He seems cool, if you ask me. Personally my hope is that technologies like neuralink are developed enough by the time I'm old to upload my brain into a machine body. Then, I'll travel to the stars.

 

[Spyxos]

Wtf is this head.

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

Wtf is this head.

You can thank Pixar for the design

 

[ahtlas7]

neglecting your original creation…?

 

[GutsOfThor]

Too fuckin cool

 

[Evolved1]

Maybe this thing can actually get my food order correct.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

Soon

 

[Days like these...]

Yup, we're doomed.

Game over, man

 

[newtypepilot]

this Atlas when?

 

[jufonuk]

Reminds me of the robot from Saturn 3

 

[willothedog]

I await the T-800 model.

 

[saintjules]

 

[Wheeljack539]

Citizen, identify yourself. You have 10 seconds to comply.

 

[Cohetedor]

So is the round head a LCD screen? It'd make it really creepy if it could display different emojis.

 

[Big Baller]

 

[AJUMP23]

I want one to help me with my chickens.

 

[Days like these...]

It's crazy that they purposely didn't give it a human head because it was threatening and dystopian. It is what is why sugar coat it?

 

[Wheeljack539]

So is the round head a LCD screen? It'd make it really creepy if it could display different emojis.

Could you imagine a newer version like a security guard but kept that round face? And it go red when in search mode?

And considering how well they've gotten with electric actuators there's going to be some guy who will fashion a robot that will look like a T-800 by the end of the decade. That or a Cylon.

It's crazy that they purposely didn't give it human head because it was threatening and dystopian. It is what is why sugar coat it?

I'd say this way more or less makes it worse.

 

[Rentahamster]

New robot is a commercial product.

There is one feature missing that will enable it to moonshot from 1 million sales to 1 billion sales.

 

[ResurrectedContrarian]

 

[kruis]

2024 - "The New Atlas - now powered by AI!"

2030 - Robot uprising

 

[CGNoire]

Wtf is this head.

Dodging the uncanny valley so as to not scare away potential customers.

 

[DeafTourette]

Me and my sister were talking about Boston Dynamics yesterday... We both trust BD more than Musk's bots.

 

[12Goblins]

If the light turns red...

 

[Deleted member 1159]

Atlas? More like FATLAS. Whattaya think about that ya fuckin robot? Huh? HUH?

 

[Burning Blade]

Just imagine what DARPA has. Likely makes BD shit look pedestrian in comparison.

 

[Spyxos]

Me and my sister were talking about Boston Dynamics yesterday... We both trust BD more than Musk's bots.

Why is that? The bot doesn't care whether we exist or not. That goes for Boston Dynamics and the Optimus bots.

 

[XXL]

It's crazy how people always fear technological advancement through out history.

The world is changing and I'm all for it.

 

[FeralEcho]

If the light turns red...

The red ring of death....


for humans

Seriously though,this thing is cool but it's plain scary how fast it moves, It's legit early terminator vibes.We're fucked in 20 years...

 

[Putonahappyface]

There is one feature missing that will enable it to moonshot from 1 million sales to 1 billion sales.

 

[Tams]

But having an articulated head gives you a tool that you can use to indicate intent, and there are integrated lights which will be able to communicate to users.

 

[Days like these...]

There is one feature missing that will enable it to moonshot from 1 million sales to 1 billion sales.

Needs more gerbils

 

[chromhound]

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Sad thing is, the destitute peiple in Africa and Middle East will be the first and largest casualties of robotic warfare, if it comes to that. We'll build it but face no consequences.

 

[DeafTourette]

Why is that? The bot doesn't care whether we exist or not. That goes for Boston Dynamics and the Optimus bots.

I guess less of a chance morph into Cyberdyne Systems LoL

 

[Hawking Radiation]

There is one feature missing that will enable it to moonshot from 1 million sales to 1 billion sales.

Jesus Christ I'm in fucking agony here

 

[Cimarron]

RIP Hydraulic Atlas

Boston Dynamics Retires Its Legendary Humanoid Robot

Farewell, hydraulic Atlas

spectrum.ieee.org

Welcome Electric Atlas

New robot is a commercial product. Stronger than previous version according to CEO. As strong as an elite human athlete with much larger range of motion.

Hello, Electric Atlas

Boston Dynamics introduces a fully electric humanoid robot that “exceeds human performance”

spectrum.ieee.org

Q&A with CEO
Working on testing the new platform in Hyundai factories starting 2025. (Hyundai owns Boston Dynamics).
More information to come.

Q&A: Boston Dynamics’ Robert Playter on The New Atlas

The robotics company’s CEO answers our questions about its new humanoid

spectrum.ieee.org

About the new head:

I saw this dude on Cyberstan.

 

[poppabk]

Q: Is it strong enough to punch a humans head clean off their shoulders
A: Yes

 

[AV]

Coolest robot humans have made so far. Have a good retirement, buddy.

 

[Dr. Suchong]

It never gets old, it really doesn't lol

 

[Griffon]

Cant wait for those to be commercialized everywhere and do all manual labor for us.

 

[AJUMP23]

When do the robot wars start?

Give them guns and point them at the infrastructure.

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

They need to add screen like this

 

[LimanimaPT]

Is it me or that looks CGI?

 

[thief183]

Is it me or that looks CGI?

But it isn't...scary sht to be honest.