ATLAS Is Getting Faster and Faster At Simple Human Tasks

Oh sure , we all pointed andlaughed at ATLAS when it was first expose , stumble over simple obstacles . But it was because deeply down we all knew that like our original iPods , it would quickly evolve into something far more capable . And here we are , just over a year later , and ATLAS is already tackle childlike obstacles with rest .

Here we see IHMC Robotics performing a simple maneuver with an ATLAS robot where the programmers charge a single step design to the mechanical man . Using its onboard detector and contrived counterpoise , ATLAS is able-bodied to repeatedly climb up and down a small pile of cinderblocks without tumbling . It ’s a project even a bambino could wield , and ATLAS is more or less on the same development cycle . Except that toddlers are n’t physically capable ofpicking up said cinderblocks and throwing them around a room . [ IHMC RoboticsviaIEEE Spectrum ]

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