A new video released by the tech wizards at BostonDynamics reveals how its Atlas robot could one day be usefully deployed in the workplace.
We already know that Atlas can dance, somersault, and do parkour, but seeing it carrying out tasks on a construction site — or something set up as a construction site — shows us how the bipedal robot could one day be usefully deployed in the workplace.
“It’s time for Atlas to pick up a new set of skills and get hands on,” Boston Dynamics says in a message accompanying video. “The humanoid robot manipulates the world around it: Atlas interacts with objects and modifies the course to reach its goal — pushing the limits of locomotion, sensing, and athleticism.”
Atlas springs into action, first using a plank of wood to create a bridge so that it can reach the worker. It then grabs the bag using its new gripper hands, skips up some steps, jumps onto a platform, and then throws the bag up to the next level to the waiting worker. Atlas’s moves are incredibly impressive, and increasingly resemble those of a human. It looks incredibly steady and nimble on its feet, and with further development could conceivably perform various tasks on a real construction site.
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