The humanoid Atlas robot from Boston Dynamics has regularly caused astonishment in recent years. He could do parkour, dance, stack boxes, and more. He was retired on Wednesday. A few hours later one was completely new version of the robot presented.
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Stronger and more agile
While the now retired Atlas on Hydraulics set, the new model’s mechanical arms and legs are from Electric motors driven. This is the new robot stronger, more flexible and more agile according to Boston Dynamics.
The new version is significantly slimmerstands out with a ring light head and can move around many joints Rotate 360 degrees. This makes movements possible that humans are not capable of.
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Hyundai wants to use Atlas
The Goal is that the machine moves as efficiently as possible to fulfill its tasks, emphasized Boston Dynamics. You don’t want to let the limitations of a human body slow you down.
Boston Dynamics was a pioneer in humanoid robots with Atlas. The South Korean car manufacturer Hyundaito which the company now belongs, wants to use the Atlas robot in production on a test basis.
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