Beware : This Robot Could Run After You!!!
You can run from Boston Dynamics' humanoid robot Atlas, but it wouldn't do you any good — the robot can run after you.
In a video shared to YouTube by the robot maker, the strange human-like Atlas demonstrates running ability that is more or less of a person's. The robot jogs methodically across an expanse of grass, against a backdrop of trees punctuated by a few buildings.
Boston Dynamics poses the video's title as a question — "Getting some air, Atlas?" — as though Atlas had somehow unexpectedly taken himself outside for a run, on a whim.
The robot, described as "the world's most dynamic humanoid" on the Boston Dynamics website,
runs at a slow-but-steady pace over grass, up a slight incline to
another field, and then stops in front of a log. Atlas steadies himself,
bends his "knees," raises his "arms" and nimbly hops over the log,
landing without a wobble. It's an impressive display — and so much like
the actions of a person that it's also a little unsettling.
In a video shared to YouTube by the robot maker, the strange human-like Atlas demonstrates running ability that is more or less of a person's. The robot jogs methodically across an expanse of grass, against a backdrop of trees punctuated by a few buildings.
Boston Dynamics poses the video's title as a question — "Getting some air, Atlas?" — as though Atlas had somehow unexpectedly taken himself outside for a run, on a whim.
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