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Watch ATLAS The Robot Autonomously Fall Off A Stage
Video: ATLAS is an incredible machine. There’s no way around that. First unveiled in 2013, the humanoid robot can now walk around autonomously, move boxes around, and implicitly threaten to destroy humanity. This level of sophistication is exactly why it’s so damn funny when ATLAS screws up.
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Toyota Is Buying Up Robotics Companies. Could Boston Dynamics Be Next?
In March, the Toyota Research Institute bought up Cambridge-based startup Jaybridge Robotics and according to Tech Insider, it may be expanding with another famous Massachusetts company: Google’s Boston Dynamics, the maker of the Big Dog and Atlas robots.
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Atlas The Robot Can Enlist In The US Military Anytime She Wants
Back when Alphabet was known as Google, the company bought Boston Dynamics, makers of the amazingly advanced robot named Atlas. At the time, Google promised that Boston Dynamics would stop taking military contracts, as it often did. But here’s the open secret about Atlas: She can enlist in the US military at any time she…
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Researchers Are Teaching ATLAS To Do Household Chores Like Rosie From The Jetsons
The DARPA Robotics Challenge put countless robots through a series of real-world challenges that involved driving, drilling holes and climbing stairs. But let’s be realistic, the only thing any of us really want a robot for is housework, and that’s what ATLAS is finally learning.