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Atlas
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Atlas is the most agile humanoid in existence. It uses whole-body skills to move quickly and balance dynamically. It can lift and carry objects like boxes and crates, but its favorite tricks are running, jumping, and doing backflips.
- Creator
- Boston Dynamics
- Country
- United States 🇺🇸
- Year
- 2016
- Type
- Humanoids, Industrial
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Did You Know?
Atlas can keep its balance when jostled or pushed, and it is capable of getting up if it falls over. |
The "next-gen" Atlas is a massively upgraded version of the original Atlas that Boston Dynamics developed for the DARPA Robotics Challenge. |
Boston Dynamics is led by legendary roboticist Marc Raibert, who says their long-term goal is "to make robots that have mobility, dexterity, perception, and intelligence comparable to humans and animals, or perhaps exceeding them." |
Google went on a robot shopping spree in 2013 and acquired Boston Dynamics. SoftBank went on a robot shopping spree in 2017 and acquired Boston Dynamics from Google. |
Atlas uses 3D-printed parts to give it the strength-to-weight ratio needed for leaps and somersaults. |
Specs
- FEATURES
- Designed to operate both outdoors and inside buildings. Whole-body dynamic stabilization. Able to sense obstacles and negotiate rough terrain autonomously or under teleoperation. Two-handed mobile manipulation. Electrically powered and hydraulically actuated. High strength-to-weight ratio and large workspace.
- HEIGHT
- 150 cm | 60 in
- LENGTH
- N/A cm | N/A in
- WIDTH
- N/A cm | N/A in
- WEIGHT
- 80 kg | 176 lb
- SPEED
- 5.4 km/h | 3.35 mph
- SENSORS
- Lidar and stereo vision
- ACTUATORS
- Hydraulic actuation with custom servo-valves
- POWER
- Battery powered
- COMPUTING
- Custom control and computing system
- SOFTWARE
- Custom software
- DEGREES OF FREEDOM (DOF)
- 28
- MATERIALS
- 3D-printed parts with actuators and hydraulic lines embedded in leg structures
- COST
- N/A
- STATUS
- Ongoing
- WEBSITE
- https://www.bostondynamics.com/atlas
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