Boston Dynamics has unveiled a new video featuring their Atlas robot tackling a challenging obstacle course with impressive parkour moves. Published on the company's YouTube channel, the video demonstrates the robot's advanced mobility, perception, and athletic intelligence as it jumps, tumbles, and navigates its way through the course.
"We are pushing Atlas to the limit to discover the next generation of mobility, perception, and athletic intelligence," said Boston Dynamics in a statement. The company's engineers believe that parkour, though specific, provides the perfect testing ground for experimenting with new robot behaviors.
The video showcases the final stage of Atlas robot testing, in which the anthropomorphic machines "almost flawlessly" conquer the difficult obstacle course. According to project leader Ben Stephens, completing the course is a significant challenge for robots, involving "almost 90 seconds of continuous jumping, jogging, turning, and rolling."
This is not the first time Boston Dynamics has showcased the capabilities of their Atlas robots. In November 2017, the company released a video featuring an Atlas robot performing backflips, further highlighting its remarkable agility and adaptability.
Join us in marveling at the incredible feats of the Atlas robot as it takes on parkour, pushing the boundaries of robot mobility and demonstrating the future of advanced robotics technology.