Inside the Lab: Taking Atlas From Sim to Scaffold

How does Atlas recognize and interact with objects? How do we develop new Atlas behaviors? Why is manipulation important for the future of robotics?
Join our team in the Atlas lab to discover the answers to these questions and more. Learn more about how Atlas makes decisions about its environment on our blog: www.bostondynamics.com/resour...
00:00: Introduction
01:57: Perception and Manipulation
05:11: Electrical Doctors
06:29: Developing in Simulation
07:13: "Sick Trick"
08:24: What's Next?
#BostonDynamics #robotics

[@p.t.anderson1593]

I appreciate that the scrapes and dents in Atlas's bodywork have been left intact. It gives it a kind of honesty that comes from hard work and effort. Thanks... EDIT: To everyone who thinks this is simple cost cutting. I doubt it. I'm sure they have the money to have a spare set of bodywork to throw on after most of the testing is done and they know the public is about to see the latest moves. I usually avoid speculation but my guess would be that they were too busy just trying to make it work and they didn't really think about the aesthetics. Glad they didn't, makes it so much more relatable.

[@cyrileo]

Thanks so much! Glad you appreciate the hard work and effort put into making Atlas's movements believable 👨‍💻I'm sure all that effort paid off!

[@asterlofts1565]

True. Thanks to that, it gives more credibility to the project/work of these people. Plus, it gives it a "Cyberpunk" look, from the damage that looks like it went through a lot to get to where it is, without being a sci-fi bad thing, of course. Although that won't stop people from thinking this is done in CGI. XD

[@templar23]

Well said.

[@dhayes907]

Shows character. If you don't have a few scars then you aren't trying.

[@haphazardprism]

Saves a few bucks

[@fox4snce]

The work you are doing is both terrifying and mind-blowingly awesome.

[@darkkingastos4369]

Yeah imagine the bot that is supposed to help you at your worksite started throwing bags of tools and trying to do backflips putting people and equipment in jeapardy.

[@rizdalegend]

@@darkkingastos4369 so basically an apprentice that post to tik tok, or how ever you spell it...

[@user-qjvqfjv]

How is this terrifying?

[@aa-tx7th]

"hOw Is ThiS TerRiFyIng?" you CANNOT be this thick. if that thing "decides" to f!$k you up, if it malfunctions and yeets a chunk of metal or stone at your empty head, if it isnt programmed perfectly at ALL stages of manufacture AND use by EVERYONE that is in control of it... if it leans on you. if it falls on you... if it grabs you... if you get in its way... you. are. DEAD. you will NOT stop it. you will NOT move it or push it away or off of you. youre literally just f!&king dead. this thing is literally a *pickup truck* with a mind of its own. if youre NOT afraid of this thing you do not belong ANYWHERE near heavy machinery.

[@user-qjvqfjv]

@@aa-tx7th Dude, go outside and touch grass. You've been watching way too many sci-fi movies. Stop living in irrational fear.

[@Kralasaurusx]

I LOVE how this includes the "failures" along the way, rather than just a hyper-edited selection of only the most "successful" clips, because this shows the progress on a much deeper level, and that the Atlas system is truly learning to see and interact with the world - not just hermetically choreographed sequences that look good on camera but don't work in the real world. Nice work.

[@jam99]

Absolutely. It's also telling how nobody cares that the 's' in 'Boston' on the front of the robot has been partially rubbed off by lots of mistakes. This company clearly has integrity and really cares about what is important with this development. Real engineers and really inspirational. (Not marketing BS we see so much these days with certain other companies.)

[@JohnSmith-pn2vl]

y but actually htey did eactly that all the time

[@tanjongmalim6869]

@@jam99 yes... especially especially China companies

[@mahachams6113]

Happy holidays 🎊🎄 to all those years ago to send you a new job for the robots ☺️🧋🫂👾🈲💔🗨️🤍🎼📸🗝️🤖👾®️⛄🧳🧳🇨🇦👍📖🧋

[@mrhobs]

@jam99 Yeah I used to follow ASIMO updates back in the day, but it was always so theoretical, and any demonstrations were clearly faked or just remote controlled… I mean it was an impressive machine, nothing really walked like that before ASIMO, but the promo videos would always claim way more than was even close to reality. (BTW, I know there was work done in more natural gait robots, but… they didn’t get funding I guess… not sure what happened. Then Boston Dynamics came along. Still doesn’t seem to have the natural stride of some of those walkers I’ve seen… but getting there

[@BUZZK1LL2000]

7:05 Don't know if anyone thought this but it's mindblowing to me that this is the first time I've felt compassion for a robot. It obviously doesn't feel any pain and so wasn't reaching to its side because of this but something about that action after falling and the way it was dragged off with limp legs looked so unbelievably human. This is going to be a strange world to live in one day.

[@studioCAA]

Robot looks doubled over in pain 💀💀💀

[@Jairjax]

@@studioCAA ah hell nah they got him rigged with the hidden pain sensors

[@stampinturtles]

I felt that too and in other videos of robots being pushed around, teased, etc. I guess it goes back to our compassion that God instilled in us. I wouldn’t like to watch a stuffed animal be torn apart or beaten yet I know it doesn’t feel anything. I don’t want my car to get dented either. I’ve named my cars in the past even though they aren’t alive. Maybe we just connect more with objects when they are named.

[@deejay7339]

you only feel compassion because it LOOKS human, it's NOT human. Something future generations will grasp better than ours.

[@djbis]

Same here Buzzk1ll.

[@TimeBucks]

This is absolutely incredible!

[@PINTU754]

Yes

[@manueldasilva4395]

excellent

[@setarifsetari]

It is !

[@sagar805h]

Nice

[@kuldeepsoni86]

Awesome app

[@sky173]

I've been an enthusiast of walking robots since the original walking Honda robots debuted in the 80's. It's amazing seeing how far we've come in that time. Just WOW!

[@pondeify]

unfortunately most of what we're seeing here is just pre-programmed routines - the robot doesn't recognize the objects, it just follows a pre-programmed route and set of actions. i believe they need to link up with Open AI and build a generative model which would evolve in a more natural way. writing code to handle real world interactions seems like the wrong direction to me. above being said - kudos to the team, this certaintly is impressive!

[@ClayMann]

you really think its amazing? I've been obsessively following this since Star Wars came out and I fell in love with droids. It's been a pretty sad bunch of decades waiting for anything to happen. I feel in the last 2 years we've seen an explosion in A.I for the first time but robotics is still so far behind. I think A.I is doing all the heavy lifting funnily enough for robotics and we'll see more happening because of A.I leaps but the technical limit of batteries and physical engineering is just so far behind my sci-fi vision of what the future would and should be. But its all based on movies and books where they can have magically solved these issues. The real world has this stubborn property of anything physically based being enormously difficult. Fingers crossed 2023 will be a break out year for robotics.

[@ohnhai]

Atlas would eat Asimo for breakfast LOL :D

[@xponen]

@@pondeify I prefer if AI to be made from math & logic instead of self-generated model, because written codes are deterministic, and its logic can be traced or debugged.

[@ClayMann]

@@chyza2012 they seem to be coding from the seat of their pants rather than using anything off the shelf but that's me as a novice looking in. If you compare say Googles A.I driven robot that responds to conversational commands like. I'm thirsty and the robot goes and finds a drink in an environment it has never seen. That's absolutely cutting edge and you can see how wonky it is even at the cutting edge. So just attempting this with a robot as complex as Atlas looks to be to be a huge step forward. no pun intended.

[@swordmonkey6635]

The fact that you're programing Atlas to anticipate into the future is amazing. Watching Atlas calculating on how it's going to pick up the bag as it's still moving towards it made my jaw drop. Great work!

[@VividCoding]

Lets combine this with GPT models already :D

[@kirikiri44695]

​@@VividCoding and than get ready for dystopia

[@tbuk8350]

​@@VividCodinglet's not do that. GPT models suck, we should wait until there's something more lightweight that is reasonable to run on an embedded machine like the one in Atlas.

[@philiporme3945]

The minute movements Atlas makes are just absolutely incredible. Incredibly human like.

[@1Lyc]

the guy at 5:11 is my inspiration for getting into electronics. being an electrical doctor for robots. since i was small and saw geordi la forge do maintenance on data. i'm so happy repairing "normal" electronics and imagining in the bigger picture i'm part of the infancy of atlas and his successors futures. you guys are an inspiration and always make me go "what a time to be alive" with every video

[@TonyTylerDraws]

Have you seen the Boston Dynamics interviews with their roboticists?

[@wtfworld814]

@@TonyTylerDraws Boston dynamics is wack there code programing is completely wrong. Runnin down a dead end road, good example of what not to do

[@Kumari_44]

@@wtfworld814 what makes you say this? Can you go deeper on this?

[@3ountyhunter]

@@wtfworld814 Please enlighten us about how much you know about their code base and how it's "wack".

[@wtfworld814]

@@Kumari_44 no I can't, there actually spot on, I just got into an argument with my wife and needed to tell someone they were wrong, sorry

[@deildegast]

Love the "Dr. Zoidberg" at 6:45, it looks like your company has the environment to not only design state of the art robots but also to goof around a bit and have fun :)

[@aggonzalezdc]

The only difference between screwing around and science is writing it down. Dr. Zoidberg Test: Complete

[@Real28]

@@aggonzalezdc great reference

[@bureaucratbayonet]

Me: this thing will usher in the apocalypse Scientist: Why not zoidberg?

[@jaredes5666]

now they just need to make it run on alcohol and tell people to bite its shiny metal a**

[@TheGugustar]

I thought it was the crabmen from South Park

[@inmemoryofin]

There's one moment in this that always catches my attention. The way the duffel bag lands, slides and spins perfectly so that it lands in front of the person is so perfect. I keep wondering if that was programmed into the sequence or if it happened by chance?

[@MrHerobrineHunters]

From 3:04 they talk about how they try to make atlas include the mass of the heavy objects into its movement calculations. My guess is that this movement is not hard coded, but shows the result of the code being able to calculate the trajectory of the bag after receiving instructions like: take bag at approximately location X, go to location Y and throw to location Z. I assume the physics calculations happened on the fly

[@stevennagley3407]

That moment was probably caught after many test runs, probably run it in simulator for several times then many calibrations… don’t think that happen first time running one simulator run

[@skamarfire]

CGI is a hell of a drug

[@mixmaster1905]

​@@skamarfireyour life is pretty sad man

[@leo12061]

@@skamarfireI know I won’t be able to change your opinion, and that’s ok, but there’s actual real places where you can go see Atlas and Spot. I saw them once. I used to think this was CGI as well.

[@groovetorped9554]

You guys being able to make Atlas understand what it "sees" and what to do with it is truly mind boggling.

[@dustincurtis9418]

The scuffed armour is badass, the tensioning of the legs under load on landing the multi axis flip is superb.

[@BrianIrwin]

I love the demo videos and they are easy to share, but seeing some more behind the scenes stuff here is just great.

[@dlerious77]

Following these robots for so many years I still get excited at all the improvements and capabilities your team is accomplishing! What will the future of atlas be....I can't wait to see!

[@thikim7056]

ok

[@luctan881]

ok

[@tamthuong4048]

ok

[@iamlordstarbuilder5595]

I think Atlas, or else some descendant of it, will end up housing the first AGI.

[@Richardkowalski60]

Amazing work! What is impressive is the dismount at the end flip, as you can see in lands almost perfectly but has to make a small adjustment and takes a small skip to keep its balance. WOW

[@Clint_Moto34]

That flip is insane. It is amazing that you come so far with Atlas! I cant wait for its Future.

[@kennyvanvliet7569]

I'm curious, are you all going to advance Atlas' feet? A few times I saw him lose balance and fall, and saw many times that he would simply jump to turn around. What about if he were to be carrying an object with a non-stable center of mass, such as a bucket of liquid or small particulates? We generally use our toes to exert a balancing force when picking up objects, carrying, throwing them. I'd just be interested to know the current thoughts on this, and where you are in the iterative process.

[@ejwerme]

One of the more challenging things this human has had to do is to pick up and move a tray full photographic chemical solution. Damping out the oscillations (waves) in the tray requires a lot of concentration and quick (but tiny) responses. Try it with a large casserole dish with an inch of water in it. Outside.

[@watsonwrote]

Yeah, the human foot has a great deal of bones compared to other parts of the body, and there are many nuances in how it can articulate. Some of that complexity is due to our ability to switch "gears" from low-energy walking on our heels to high energy running on the balls of our feet, so for a slow robot we could probably reduce the complexity to focus on walking articulation.

[@ep8310]

@@ejwerme I have this struggle every time I take my cat's shallow water bowls to clean and refill. I really should fill with a cup but the challenge not to spill is exhilirating lol

[@3mmmmmm]

One of the main issues with balancing the robot is that it cannot react fast enough to regain balance like a person would do instinctively, not to mention that its not as balanced as a human body because of the hydraulics, bearings, batteries, cameras and etc. Improving it's feet too much to the point its better than a human with proper shoes would kind of defeat it's purpose as of now.

[@maxington26]

@@ejwerme I remember learning to desynchronise my footsteps with the oscillations in my cup of strong black coffee, on my way back from the office kitchen. That would be a new level of analysis for this tech. No doubt it's coming.

[@MakeScienceLM]

Una pieza maestra de ingeniería y programación, cada vez nos sorprende más la naturalidad con que hace los movimientos etc. Que gran trabajo!!

[@andrew_tc]

Mindblowing! Those moves are just unreal. I love what you're doing!

[@Skott62]

If I was a software developer this is the kind of thing I would love to be a part of. I am truly amazed what Boston Dynamics has accomplished with robotics.

[@robocu4]

With 3d printing advancements making the technology more accessible, I'd bet lots of hobbyist robot developers will start appearing in the coming decade as the software for designing and emulating real world physics improves. I'm excited to see robots in the real world

[@leeoiou7295]

I feel you. Every software "engineer" these days seem to be making websites. lol

[@conorstewart2214]

@@leeoiou7295 software engineering deals with stuff like data analysis, making applications and creating websites and games, etc. It is pretty different from making robots or other systems that interact with or measure the real world. Sure having a software engineer on the team may be helpful but it seems they aren’t purely a software engineer. You also then get subsets within software engineering like machine learning or video processing, although from what I have seen those can also be taught to EEs. The physics and equations used and reading the data from the sensors is much more the domain of mechanical and electrical engineers than it is software engineers. Writing code for embedded systems is very different from writing code designed to run on a desktop computer or server. A lot of what software engineers may be used to using just doesn’t work or isn’t a good idea, like a lot of embedded systems need programmed in C, not Python since performance is limited, or you can’t use recursion all that much due to limited memory and stack. Not saying that you don’t need software engineers just that a pure software engineer wouldn’t be that useful, it might be better to capture them under the umbrella term of robotics engineer, which is a very broad term combining, electrical, mechanical and a little bit of software engineering amongst other disciplines. There is a big difference between writing software to run on a server or computer and running it on a physical device like a robot.

[@leeoiou7295]

@@conorstewart2214 "Software engineering" itself is a false term. There are some software developers who do some real engineering stuff like OS developers, aviation software, embedded software, AI/ML OpenGL devs and some game devs. The vast majority of software "engineers" make websites and apps. Which has nothing to do with science or engineering and is nothing but a bastardisation of the word "engineering".

[@gusik89]

@@conorstewart2214 Of course pure software engineer would not do much here, as would not do pure electrical engineer or mechanical engineer. In complex systems like this you need experts in their respective fields to put this whole thing together. But the work of software engineer here is as important as of electrical engineer or mechanical engineer. Without actual proper software your sensors and the entire robot is just a piece of metal. Can an electrical engineer write some code, probably. Can a software engineer connect a few pins and wires probably can. But it takes a lot to build these things hence they have software engineers and electric engineers not just one doing everything. Concerning embedded system development of course it might take some different tools and languages to work with it, but it is still a software and any competent software engineer who worked for example in system development or even in web dev can handle it.

[@cogoid]

The "sick trick" is amazing, but it was also nice to see the human faces behind this awesome technology! Only relatively recently Boston Dynamics started to make these little documentary style presentations, to better explain what is it that they are doing. I think they are great, and really help to create a more positive image of the company.

[@pudmupi]

I am just amazed every time I see one of your videos! You all are just so talented; it is scary! I enjoy each and every one of them. Thank you for sharing.

[@Puleczech]

You are one of the very few companies which completely blows me away with every new release. Absolutely brutal. Thank you for your hard work and for being an inspiration to an entire generation!

[@richardmattingly7000]

Astonishing how this makes one wonder how incredible our own bodies are since we are unconscious about how intricate just picking up an object is for us. Decades ago Disney amongst others found out that fluid motion in it mechanical characters weren't about stopping but returning to a fixed point when moving. They called it compliance, by having an armature slow then use its inertia to return to the point desire not just halt allowed a motion few though possible in an animated device.

[@ejwerme]

Here's an amusing anecdote from early days. A computerized arm that was was being used by an early hand-eye system was programmed to gather and stack some childhood blocks. It tried to stack the topmost block first. The programmers realized that they had learned about gravity well before they ever attempted to stack blocks. So they had to go back to the _real basics_ and add that knowledge to their software. Yes, some of the most impressive work Boston Dynamics has done is in the stuff we all take for granted.

[@apatrioticamerican99]

Yes and it all happened "by accident."

[@caesarsalad1170]

@@apatrioticamerican99 It's either that or God, or aliens, basically the same thing if they can create a universe.

[@JamesFaction]

@Caleb OKAYregardless whether or not you believe in God, your statement is meaningless.

[@tmarxde]

And it took evolution millions and millions of years to get where we are now. I'm curious how far Boston Dynamics will get.

[@GetToThePointAlready]

Atlas is by far my favorite Boston dynamics robot.

[@1ceblock]

mine too

[@abstratogvm136]

Second best for me, after Spot

[@Alexey7zz]

but spot... the dog-robot... but what do you say if thay have some cat-robots?:D

[@mho...]

Spot is cooler tho!

[@lolrip818]

@@mho... can spot do backflips 😂

[@HarleyKing001]

Inspiring team. Love to see and follow the progress. Thank you for sharing.

[@WkUpPeople]

The content of this video is fascinating. I love Atlas. He's almost like a person. The engineers at Boston Dynamics are brilliant. It must be so rewarding and fun to work there.

[@nandosaez7368]

6:45 that Zoidberg dance

[@StormcloudLive]

The way he holds position in the hop after the sick trick at the end is awesome, just perfect pose to let the energy which went into the jump out and spring what looks like effortlessly back down to land on it's feet again, Atlas and Boston Dynamics are incredible.

[@lmrandlette]

It - not he

[@StormcloudLive]

@@lmrandlette they named him Atlas after the Greek God, it's a masculine name. Unlike yourself I'm sure this robot couldn't give a flying f what gender people refer to it as anyway.

[@SaintSaint]

@@StormcloudLive Could be more of a reminder to others to not give AI/Robots human rights. Ascribing animal traits to something that isn't an animal isn't new for humans... but there is a newer level of danger in doing so.

[@Pete_xp]

@@StormcloudLive pronouns please! 😉

[@StormcloudLive]

@@Pete_xp are yours Pete / Poot? 😁😅

[@davephillips1263]

One of the very best channels on YT. I recommend it to my high school students (I'm a music instructor) who are doing the robotics course at our local high school. Keep up the terrific work ! :)

[@applechocolate4U]

Boston Dynamics is easily, by a huge margin, my favorite company to ever exist. Every time I see one of these demonstrations I'm blown away

[@edmyeg]

@medved3027 you're very short sighted and not thinking big at all. If you think this is useless now, just wait until the robotic body is paired with the super computer A.I mind to replace you for your job over night. 😉

[@boss_bonard7573]

​​@@medved3027till this is just the first step. Spot is finished in the hardware aspect and can be used autonomously. atlas is still very much in development and i presume they want to finish hardware, balance and recognition before making it autonomous.

[@SianaGearz]

@@medved3027 Why? Spot has a decent number of sales doesn't it? It's a good bit short of sustaining the company given the breadth and depth of other projects, but the product must by all reason be doing real work. Not all of it has to be autonomous. Some can be scripted/automated, repetitive tasks; and other tasks may require operator remote, which is still useful in hazardous environments, and it's affordable enough for numerous scenarios. Atlas is a long way away from being more useful than Spot, but... well without moonshot projects, you'll just run out of incremental progress you can make.

[@DR-sv8ke]

@@medved3027 lol okay, Mister AI.

[@johnl.7754]

@@SianaGearz It’s not profitable which is why its owners have changed couple times over the years. It’s still amazing but not easy to create.

[@karelpgbr]

I love that you guys kept the scratches, dings and dents on Atlas' body! Shows the process!

[@senju2024]

Robot replies.." That is what I was thinking of leaving scratches, dings and dents on humans after I push them down"

[@patti441]

I think they break enough parts and if a Part is not broken there is no use to replace it I don't think the scrapes and dents are left there intentionally

[@nutbastard]

@@patti441 That's reasonable, but imagine if this were being developed by Apple. No way they'd show it off with blemishes.

[@victorvanderdrift5006]

As a student graduating on model predictive control, these videos are awesome and inspiring to see!

[@anindyachatterjee4765]

You people are doing an unbelivable work. I never thought it could be possible.

[@resonanceofambition]

Gotta say, it looks a lot more fluid in the movement department compared to the last video we saw!

[@owensparks5013]

Outstanding! Is there any chance of more frequent and longer episodes?

[@spol]

Sadly, they're first and foremost a company, not an entertainment channel.

[@JigilJigil]

@@spol To be realistic they are not really a company, after 3 decades they are more of a robotic research institution, they almost make no money (their revenue is a very small fraction of their expenses) and they won't be profitable for a long time, that's the reason Google and Softbank sold them and Hyundai will probably do that too.

[@owensparks5013]

@spol True enough. I wonder if there is such a thing as an impulse purchase of a spot robot? Would the revenue of a few generated sales cover the salary of a full-time Boston Dynamics vlogger or youtuberist?

[@benruckel872]

@@JigilJigil Hyundai is more invested in robotics

[@user-rz6wu3eo8k]

@@JigilJigil that's why they started selling their robotic dog. :)

[@frostyj3931]

All these videos make me understand and appreciate how unique living things are. We are complicated yet simple in a way.

[@Gotenham]

Thanks for the behind the scenes video, this is awesome!

[@alexwillette9744]

This is a fantastic exposé on the process! I've shared it with both of my robotics teams! I'm excited to watch them grow and build some robots of their own this year, hopefully they can take some inspiration from this video

[@davidtwig9970]

No way

[@yfnhunt]

hopefully yall do well, i wish yall the best of luck

[@RatJan]

I am envious of the young folks just starting their careers with Boston Dynamics. What utterly amazing work you're doing. I understand you're working with NASA, and I'm hoping to see Atlas running across Mars some day.

[@frankprintz2574]

Stop

[@jermwarfare5977]

The Zoidberg dance was fantastic

[@kevinbledsoe4425]

Amazing what the team has done bring this machine alive , congratulations 👏

[@BioShocq]

Please never stop making videos like this, in this style, it's so good.

[@ashishsontakke4040]

They are not making videos buddy 😂😂

[@jwadaow]

@@ashishsontakke4040 This is a video, on a video sharing service.

[@ashishsontakke4040]

@@jwadaow 😂😂 u didn't get that

[@kangkimin886]

@@jwadaow they are making robot, not video like youtuber that show everything they want for adsense.

[@vynpetrol]

You guys are absolutely amazing.

[@majorzipf8947]

Their passion is palpable

[@coldbluemptybottle]

so amazing! i hope we can live forever to witness how atlas evolve over time.

[@jannsander]

Your Work is without exception exceptional!

[@myvt5360]

This just makes you marvel in the evolution of human anatomy. Look how much knowledge it takes for us to get this close to having a robot mock our movements. Great job to all that dedicated so much time on this project.

[@carso1500]

Yeah the diference is that it took nature hundreds of millions of years to get to this point while it's taking us a couple of decades

[@JeanSantana000]

Boston Dynamics robots are like a time machine to the future. They're so advanced, they're practically from the year 2050. I mean, have you seen the way they move? It's like they're from a science fiction movie. And the best part? They're available now, no need to wait for the future to catch up. Written by ChatGPT

[@rahulbanerjee6635]

2150 yrs

[@martiddy]

In the year 2050, we're gonna have android robots so advanced as the ones from Detroit: Become Human.

[@Machiavelli2pc]

In 2030 we’ll have robots with extremely advanced and powerful actuators that can make true robots/androids that are as strong/stronger whilst being as flexible and agile as humans, together with denser battery breakthroughs and far more advanced ai neural systems enabling robots to be as smart/smarter and capable as humans whilst being able to emulate consciousness. It really is coming, fast. I’m beyond excited. I will say however, I think androids/robots should always be distinct from humans (even androids with human forms) I.e not having human-like skin etc. I wouldn’t mind dating a robot girl lol

[@user-yz4gh8dq3l]

Восхищение таким инженерам и программистам... 👏

[@easyliving858]

I just love to see guys like you who want to make our lives easier.

[@skypuppeteer]

I'm still in shock--and utterly in love with--how fluidly and life/human-like Atlas has gotten while moving. It's so impressive, and my paternal instincts agree, because I can tell that my mind is already trying to pack-bond with 'em. I'm about to become the proud soccer mom for a highly-sophisticated robot-

[@yourmandom9568]

Paternal or Maternal? Cant have fatherly instincts and be a soccer mom simultaneously lol

[@skypuppeteer]

@@yourmandom9568 I was using it kind of like "parental," but words are weird, especially gendered ones

[@WavyHertZFPV]

08:36 The Magic Stick is here once again ! 😍

[@vvan222]

So amazing! Thanks so much for explaining.

[@robmasta123]

Great to see the behind the scenes people telling what they are doing!

[@SheSweetLikSugarNSavage]

Atlas is super cute to watch. Like watching a child learning to play. Job well done team.

[@fat3228]

Its crazy how talented these people are.

[@djbis]

"sick trick" at the end was indeed very sick. That landing felt so human. The way it is able to calculate the energy and move in order to arrest the momentum so it doesn't fall is simply sick. This is pure sci-fi becoming reality right before our eyes and we are lucky to be the generation that sees it go from a concept to an actual reality.

[@willecutlip]

Great team! I can see additional sensors in Atlas' future so he can adapt quicker to changing conditions in his environment. The issue would appear to be how far you can push the envelope regarding the response time for the sensors (how quickly can you close the loop on all sense-response actions). Bravo!!

[@BlackjackRL]

This is absolutely mind blowing and fantastic! Congrats to all involved!

[@sbrown7210]

The work that everyone does at Boston Dynamics is always so impressive. I love seeing the Robot updates. Thanks. Look forward to a home version of Spot, tied into home safety and security.

[@deborahsmylie-hi1xe]

I just recently saw this channel. I love it! Fascinating!!

[@smassey6848]

Wow these people are brilliant! I can’t quite understand what they are trying to explaining as this goes right over my head. Amazing! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@DanielRamirez-go7kc]

I always feel like engineers of all varieties never get enough credit for the things they create to existence, in which they make are lives easier. They are very important people that change are lives

[@kenmayer5455]

Followed this for some years now. The progress is amazing!

[@SuperRoboMechaChris]

I appreciate the work gund-arm is doing to make accessible to everyone!

[@UserB_tm]

Love the behind the scenes stuff. Great video.

[@imbw267]

6:50 whoop whoop whoop!

[@chrismullin8304]

Something tells me, the robot is slightly more advanced and capable than they are letting on. It warms my heart that future iterations will be used to entertain us, and not off us.

[@Kumari_44]

Youre right chris… now dont panic okay… it’s behind you!

[@TimeDistortKilo]

Hell of an assumption

[@ErikS-]

I'm a big fan of Boston Dynamics. And I honestly hope we will get another insanely funny video in the future!

[@toomasrett3931]

Your group has been doing a beautiful job 🤗

[@toastrecon]

Okay, that's pretty amazing! The finding the bag in the environment and then strategizing on how to interact with it is so cool.

[@zekeaffy9647]

This is truly a magnificent piece of engineering feat

[@tomhacks1851]

Wow this is amazing. Awesome team.

[@desjardinsjp93]

I know there's a lot of people who are scared of robots and AI but i don't care and i just want to see how far it will go. We're getting closer and closer to robots like ATLAS being able to executee complex commands such as clean the whole house, drive a car from point A to point B, do an open heart surgery, etc. The possibilities are endless and I'm really excited to see how it goes.

[@martiddy]

why have a robot to drive a normal car when we can have robot cars that are self driving?

[@desjardinsjp93]

@@martiddy you should ask yourself why not? :p

[@martiddy]

@@desjardinsjp93 Maybe we can have both I guess

[@ultimategamer2669]

We could literally use robots to terraform planets and build a dyson sphere. You bet your ass the possibilities are endless.

[@desjardinsjp93]

@@martiddy yes we can. Why have just one ahah

[@AxisCorpsRep]

one thing i love about the way humans and machines think is their opposite approaches to things inherent to them, for humans, memory and movement are tough to develop, everything requires practice and deliberation to a higher level, while machines can execute them with absolute precision, store a piece of information forever, movements exact and repeatable with no flaw or difficulty to them on the opposite end, understanding, adaptability and thought flexibility is something humans do with no problem, how to use something like a car, or understanding a mechanism like a doorknob, you understand what you have to do with not much difficulty, whereas machines have to run entire simulations and pre-determined sequences of information to manipulate that one singular obstacle, and only that, next obstacle is going to require the same if not more preparation

[@ArunKumar-pu8gi]

🎯

[@sinhue]

Amazing job guys ! ❤congrats

[@briancoreas1147]

Seeing Altas Grow Up Is Amazing. Enjoying From The Caribbean.

[@leaguen6701]

i wish we saw more insight videos i love watching these and the amazing things people are doing.

[@cskhard]

The last trick is called a B-Twist! Greatly done, can't wait to see when they do corkscrews haha

[@FarmerDanCo]

This is amazing! Hope to meet one of these robots in my lifetime. Great work!

[@liquidbraino]

I'd rather meet Amica. At least you can have a conversation with her.

[@ra9ftm]

Very inspirational video, thanks

[@PirateOfTheNorth]

This is mind blowing. Well done team!

[@thorkagemob1297]

Watching the evolution of you guys in real time on KZbin has been absolutely crazy. It really is incredible and scary at the same time but i have hope we'd have some robot allies among rogue ai's idk maybe i watch too much stuff lmao

[@khashayarmodaberi4958]

No Pain No Gain💪🏻💪🏻 Your endeavors and perspectives are great and so adorable👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻😊

[@MUZZY20]

Atlas is amazing being able to do some impressive things that you wouldn't expect from a robot

[@DoctorX17]

The spin-flip was WILD. It’s amazing how gracefully it can do things that pro athletes practice years to do!

[@mindyours752]

That right there should be very scary

[@Kumari_44]

@@mindyours752 i literally said this exact same thing in another thread up top.

[@MaMastoast]

Why is it very scary ? Robotics can already do things we are incapable of.. we have been using cranes to lift and move heavy things for years

[@dregga7638]

@@MaMastoast It is about really specific things, not everything. There are specific things that potentially can be used against you.

[@DoctorX17]

@@MaMastoast the scary thing isn’t the physical capability existing - it’s the fact that the machine is acting on its own more than a human is controlling it. Cranes, heavy construction equipment, things that could easily squish humans, are all operated by humans and human intent; Atlas is given instructions and carries them out on its own. What if an AI were to decide what instructions to send? And what if that AI decides to do things that are bad for humans, and between being able to formulate and execute plans faster and superior power in hardware it decided to destroy humanity? I don’t think it’s likely to happen, but there is something scary about autonomous machines that could take out humans.

[@livangooday]

Geniuses making history! Well integrated team for sure !

[@kklol07]

The scratches make it look, amazing

[@TheAn0nym0u5]

incredible guys. that's awesome

[@I_am_nuts]

Очень круто, ребят! Молодцы!🤸

[@WeepingHoney]

The parallels between this and the hacksmith’s recent hexapod video are not lost on me, only vindicates their efforts more. What a fascinating era.

[@Amanda-cd6dm]

I find all of this very intriguing not only will this save lives it's also very cool to watch

[@AdrianRodriguezWebDevelopment]

Good job. Boston Dynamics.

[@udontseethetruth]

Every time i watch one of the Boston Dynamics update videos, i feel more hopeful for the future of humanity. And a little bit more scared. Especially with that ''sick trick'' :)

[@dilyarka_pimenova]

Boston Dynamics, you make really cool things!

[@just5019]

Impressive performance from this robot! I am amazed by its agility and intelligence. I am sure Boston Dynamics is looking for talented individuals to drive this technology further. I would love to bring my skills to the table and be a part of the team!

[@paulborneo7535]

Gonna be fun to watch your continuing progress. Look out behind you there's Optimus!

[@kellywilkins8043]

Followed you guys for years! It’s amazing what you have achieved! I’m anxious to see what’s next!

[@qweasd2204]

Поистине удивительно! Но ещё удивительнее, что такие чудеса творит человеческий разум! Искренне желаю вашей компании новых успехов)

[@uaiguaig3592]

Скоро эти роботы будут оснащены автоматическим оружием и использованы армией США для своих войн

[@gydratv372]

@@uaiguaig3592 Ты пропустил 2016год. 🗿 Иди возвращйся к старой видио.

[@gydratv372]

@@uaiguaig3592 Объеснять таким как ты честно что нечего не сказать Zомби Vолоди. 😑

[@Max_Jacoby]

@@gydratv372 такая технология не останется в стороне от военных. Роботы в армии это неизбежное будущее.

[@gydratv372]

@@Max_Jacoby Я говарю про Бостон дайнемикс а не других роботов. 🗿