Parkour is the perfect sandbox for the Atlas team to experiment with new behaviors. https://t.co/xZRNVnhrkcpic.twitter.com/E0ssh45ZCi — Boston Dynamics (@BostonDynamics) August 17, 2021A new robot was just launched by Boston Dynamics – and it’s more nimble than you could imagine. The US-based robotics company promoted the new robot design on Twitter and showed the humanoid machine completing an obstacle course similar to Parkour. Although this particular robot design, known as the Atlas, has been around for a few years, this footage was released to mark the first time “both Atlas robots have completed the complex obstacle course” almost flawlessly. The team also explained why it chose this routine on Twitter, writing: “Parkour is the perfect sandbox for the Atlas team to experiment with new behaviours.

Source: Huffington Post August 18, 2021 09:45 UTC