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Boston Dynamics ' bipedal humanoidrobotAtlascould already dance , do backflips , andcomplete parkour course in style , but its latest science is the power to cull up and confound objects . Atlas was create in 2013 , and was fund by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ( DARPA ) . It was designed to undergo search and deliverance chore , and has been steadily clean up new skill over the year . A new video posted on-line byBoston Dynamicsshowcases Atlas picking up a prick bag and then run up some scaffolding in vogue before tossing it to a human standing on an rarified platform in a mock construction site . Before picking up the bag , it also took a wooden board and strategically positioned it to bridge a gulf between the stairs and the scaffolding tohelp it walk over to the human being . Once the job was done , Atlas nonchalantly pushed over a box from the elevated program and then bound on it before light with a fashionable flip .
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Atlas Is Picking Up New Skills
The presentation was reasonably much flawless , with Atlas remaining perfectly balanced throughout its routine . According to Boston Dynamics , the demo evidence how robots like Atlas could help out in practical scenarios , like in construction sites . In ablogdiscussing Atlas ' latest capabilities , controls lead story Ben Stephens said that the troupe is supply new ability to the robot to make it usable in the substantial world . According to Stephens,“Parkour and saltation were interesting examples of pretty extreme travel , and now we ’re seek to build upon that research to also do meaningful manipulation . "
The demo is accompanied by a10 - minute videothat explains the techniques that went intodeveloping Atlas ' latest skill . As is to be have a bun in the oven , it needed the perfect coordination between precision - engineered ironware and custom algorithm to help Atlas take on its latest obstruction course of instruction . The video also reveals that the flip dismount at the end was more difficult to accomplish than any of the maneuvers in the earlier demonstration .
Another challenge was making sure the robot maintain its balance while carrying and then throwing the grueling load . To help achieve the unmanageable labor , Boston Dynamics used a proficiency call ' exemplary corrective control ' that allow the automaton to ' think ' about how its motion will feign what come up next . It works likewise to how the human torso works , allow the robot to keep perfect balance even in tricky situation .
The video has already started frenzied discussions on social media about howrobots can one day replace world workersin a variety of industries , let in the structure sphere . Doomsday prophet are also yet again ringing the alarm bell about how this could be the first whole step towards AI - infuse machines one day getting a mind of their own and lead a robot uprising against humans . Either way , the latest demo byAtlasis certainly nerveless and could take the way to more interesting developments in the future .
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