Atlas the robot
Oct 13, 2018 11:16:01 #
Remember Atlas, the robot that can run like a person? It can now do a lot more than that.
Yesterday, (Oct. 11) robotics company Boston Dynamics posted a new video on YouTube showcasing the robot's latest progress, carrying it past its prior agility goals in leaps and bounds â literally.
"Atlas does parkour," Boston Dynamics wrote in the video description. Footage shows Atlas nimbly leaping over a log and skipping between platforms of different heights "without breaking its pace," according to the description. [Robots on the Run! 5 Bots That Can Really Move]
As Atlas navigates the challenges of the obstacle course, a slow-motion sequence emphasizes the precision in its movements as it leaps between platforms, each one measuring about 16 inches (40 centimeters) high. Software and vision sensors control Atlas's navigation, according to the video description â nevertheless, the robot's coordination seem remarkably humanlike for a machine.
Described on the Boston Dynamics website as "the world's most dynamic humanoid," Atlas has a four-limbed, bipedal frame that would invite comparison to the human body regardless of how the robot moved. But in a series of videos released over the last few years, Atlas demonstrates mobility this is uncannily human: recovering after being shoved, performing backflips, jogging over a grassy field and practicing robot parkour.
The prospect of a humanoid robot that can leap, backflip and bound after you over rugged terrain is unsettling enough, but Atlas's creators at Boston Dynamics keep pushing the bot toward ever more ambitious gymnastic achievements.
What's next for the nimble Atlas? Only its designers know for sure.
Originally published on Live Science.
Yesterday, (Oct. 11) robotics company Boston Dynamics posted a new video on YouTube showcasing the robot's latest progress, carrying it past its prior agility goals in leaps and bounds â literally.
"Atlas does parkour," Boston Dynamics wrote in the video description. Footage shows Atlas nimbly leaping over a log and skipping between platforms of different heights "without breaking its pace," according to the description. [Robots on the Run! 5 Bots That Can Really Move]
As Atlas navigates the challenges of the obstacle course, a slow-motion sequence emphasizes the precision in its movements as it leaps between platforms, each one measuring about 16 inches (40 centimeters) high. Software and vision sensors control Atlas's navigation, according to the video description â nevertheless, the robot's coordination seem remarkably humanlike for a machine.
Described on the Boston Dynamics website as "the world's most dynamic humanoid," Atlas has a four-limbed, bipedal frame that would invite comparison to the human body regardless of how the robot moved. But in a series of videos released over the last few years, Atlas demonstrates mobility this is uncannily human: recovering after being shoved, performing backflips, jogging over a grassy field and practicing robot parkour.
The prospect of a humanoid robot that can leap, backflip and bound after you over rugged terrain is unsettling enough, but Atlas's creators at Boston Dynamics keep pushing the bot toward ever more ambitious gymnastic achievements.
What's next for the nimble Atlas? Only its designers know for sure.
Originally published on Live Science.
Oct 13, 2018 11:23:09 #
badbobby wrote:
Remember Atlas, the robot that can run like a pers... (show quote)
Very interesting badbobby thanks but where are the videos?
I wanted to see it work and do all of exercises and stuff.
Can you get the videos can you please just for me.
Oct 13, 2018 11:24:15 #
You know what's next they will put weapons on him a little kevlar and we can easily start another war! He can fight 24 hours a day without food water
badbobby wrote:
Remember Atlas, the robot that can run like a pers... (show quote)
Oct 13, 2018 11:35:30 #
slatten49
Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
badbobby wrote:
Remember Atlas, the robot that can run like a pers... (show quote)
Big deal. What's a robot-humanoid after seeing photos of BB, the world's most dynamic 92-yr.-old male humanoid
Can that durn robot catch fish
Oct 13, 2018 11:38:49 #
Lonewolf wrote:
You know what's next they will put weapons on him a little kevlar and we can easily start another war! He can fight 24 hours a day without food water
if a war
wouldn't that be better than someones son or daughter???
Oct 13, 2018 11:40:00 #
bahmer wrote:
Very interesting badbobby thanks but where are the videos?
I wanted to see it work and do all of exercises and stuff.
Can you get the videos can you please just for me.
I wanted to see it work and do all of exercises and stuff.
Can you get the videos can you please just for me.
don't have videos
Oct 13, 2018 11:41:45 #
slatten49 wrote:
Big deal. What's a robot-humanoid after seeing photos of BB, the world's most dynamic 92-yr.-old male humanoid
Can that durn robot catch fish
Can that durn robot catch fish
the question there Slat
would the robot enjoy fishing??
Oct 13, 2018 12:15:48 #
You would think so but it would be the end of whats left of civilized man robots can commit atrocities few men could stomach. But we can protect the drug trade and steal natural resources from undeveloped countries! S**t were becoming just like Britain !
badbobby wrote:
if a war
wouldn't that be better than someones son or daughter???
wouldn't that be better than someones son or daughter???
Oct 13, 2018 15:35:19 #
badbobby wrote:
Remember Atlas, the robot that can run like a pers... (show quote)
How about we outlaw these and nip a problem in the bud for our children. Allow robotics only as prosthetic devices for human limb replacements and fixed machinery in dangerous manufacturing processes.
Oct 13, 2018 15:36:18 #
bahmer wrote:
Very interesting badbobby thanks but where are the videos?
I wanted to see it work and do all of exercises and stuff.
Can you get the videos can you please just for me.
I wanted to see it work and do all of exercises and stuff.
Can you get the videos can you please just for me.
Look for them on youtube, I have seen a lot of them in the recent past.
Oct 13, 2018 15:37:38 #
Lonewolf wrote:
You know what's next they will put weapons on him a little kevlar and we can easily start another war! He can fight 24 hours a day without food water
This is what they are being designed for; it is where the big money can be made.
Oct 13, 2018 15:39:38 #
badbobby wrote:
if a war
wouldn't that be better than someones son or daughter???
wouldn't that be better than someones son or daughter???
The robot won't distinguish between other robots, sons or daughters. It will slaughter everything. While ours are slaughtering them, theirs will be slaughtering me.
Oct 13, 2018 15:41:18 #
badbobby wrote:
Remember Atlas, the robot that can run like a pers... (show quote)
Here you go badbobby take a look for yourself.
https://youtu.be/LikxFZZO2sk
Oct 13, 2018 15:56:24 #
bahmer wrote:
All you truck drivers pay attention. This is the new pilot in your rig and you will be the non-driving co-pilot until the public gets used to these things and then it is goodbye job. He comes complete with a total knowledge base of driving sk**ls and various driving conditions, truck repair and a host of other stuff you never dreamed about. There will be a bunch of snowflakes yelling around the terminals that they don't want unsafe drivers (you) in those trucks.
Oct 13, 2018 19:30:08 #
bahmer wrote:
kinda amazin ain't it
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