Boston Dynamics Unveils New Generation Of Humanoid Atlas Robots To Perform All Sorts Of Menial Tasks

Boston Dynamics has been beavering away for 32 years to create humanoid robots that can take their place in society. Meet Atlas, your new, fully electric factory and warehouse employee.

The following report is by Trends Journal:

The company had envisioned its new Atlas as a point “person” in search-and-rescue operations: it can lift weights most humans can’t and also can twist and bend in inhuman ways, turning its knees backward and rotating its head and torso independently in complete circles.

Now, however, it sees Atlas as doing drudge work in warehouses and factories, toting oddly shaped, clumsy, and heavy loads from hither to yon.

Boston Dynamics has built “the power of an elite athlete into this tiny package,” it boasted in a press statement, as well as reinforcement learning, computer vision, and other necessities.

The company has paired Atlas with its Orbit software, which can manage a fleet of Atlas robots working alongside humans. The software makes use of machine learning and brings “impactful AI to market immediately,” it added…