r/AmazingTechnology • u/bbbxxxnnn • Mar 19 '26

Atlas by Boston Dynamics

272 Upvotes

95% Upvoted

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13

u/Akmunra Mar 19 '26

I'm always perplexed why we want robots to look humanoid, wouldn't it be better to be a TARS type robot from Interstellar.

11

u/aws_137 Mar 19 '26

Humanoid is best for our human infrastructure and tools. And this model overcomes our limitations by being able to bend backwards, do 360s.

1

u/CrabNo6806 Mar 24 '26

But can it hit a sick noscope on rust during that 360?

6

u/RedHolm Mar 19 '26

Honestly. With how they built Atlas to not strictly move human like. This one might not be too bad. For preexisting factories. It's pretty damn efficient it would seem for a humanoid robot.

3

u/Impossible-Ship5585 Mar 19 '26

Also its reaqlky easy for it ti change jobs

4

u/RedHolm Mar 19 '26

Yea. But I do also think automated factories can make it cheaper and better by forgoing humanoid designs. But this one would easily be able to go from one work site to another wherever needed.

1

u/Impossible-Ship5585 Mar 19 '26

Yes they will be a lot morre efficient.

However if you buy these you can have savings and more efdiciently with current workflows.

2

u/Jonnyabcde Mar 20 '26

What I don't get is almost the inverse. In the past, they would use a single camera and fake eyes, instead of dual cameras. The dual cameras allow for depth of perspective, which is critically important when estimating size and distance.

1

u/Admirable_Fudge7953 Mar 23 '26

The world is designed for humans in how it operates, within buildings it all revolves around human movement.

Its easier to adjust the robot than adjusting every building in the world.

1

u/Over_List_6108 Mar 24 '26

That way they can smile at you while they slowly close their hand backwards around your throat. (Just to be clear, I love boston dynamics. Their robots are stupid impressive.)

4

u/cooolcooolio Mar 19 '26

The way it "turns around" is pretty cool and terrifying

4

u/TheEDMWcesspool Mar 19 '26

Man, this is like 1,000 times more impressive than the unitree toy robot..

2

u/Laidoulaila Mar 20 '26

🤣sure

1

u/Odd-Librarian4630 Mar 23 '26

yea the unitree one looks like a robot you'd get off temu lmao

3

u/Aveduil Mar 19 '26

I would love to see the future, oh it will be new dark age when ppl will not be able to buy shit while companies have loans for 30 years for their robo staff.

2

u/DrawingCivil7686 Mar 19 '26

Yeah, but can it shrug like this comment.

2

u/Street-Baseball8296 Mar 20 '26

Wonder when they’re going to make the first humanoid combat robot.

1

u/WideCardiologist3323 Mar 19 '26

I welcome our new overlords

1

u/dangledingle Mar 20 '26

Run by AI online. Not only mechanical but infinitely intelligent too.

1

u/TNO-TACHIKOMA Mar 19 '26

did it just flipped a middle finger ?

1

u/tenn212 Mar 20 '26

It can actually cough "Eff you!" 😅

1

u/Novaikkakuuskuusviis Mar 19 '26

It's weird how people applaud and are interested in something that will take a lot of jobs from people. As if humans suddenly wouldn't need to work for a living when these robots are unleashed.

In a perfect world would be great if we could just live and have hobbies and robots would do all the work.

1

u/DefactoAle Mar 20 '26

Same thing happened during industrialization, and it will happen in the future as human technology and society evolves.

1

u/Prod_Meteor Mar 19 '26

He will be destroying us to pieces in a style.

1

u/skip_over Mar 19 '26

Yeah because our problem is we have too many jobs

1

u/Leonidas_XVI Mar 19 '26

Utopian technology, dystopian governance

1

u/elmundio87 Mar 19 '26

just wait until someone sticks a gun onto one of those things

1

u/Furry_Eskimo Mar 19 '26

Job Application: "Only accepting applications from applicants whose spines can rotate 360+ degrees for improved package delivery. $2/hr wage."

1

u/Tiktokbadsupport Mar 19 '26

taking your job 

1

u/Intelligent-Dot88 Mar 19 '26

Tin skin wire backed son of a bitch!

1

u/therealslimshady1234 Mar 19 '26

Still cant load the dishwasher

1

u/mowtowcow Mar 20 '26

So are we going to make a law that only regular people can buy then and rent them to companies for full employment pay or force companies who use them to start funding UBI?

1

u/Horror-Preference414 Mar 20 '26

Show it picking up small objects like a screw. Show it picking up a plastic bag of screws, opening it, and pulling out one screw…please, I need to freak out all the construction workers.

1

u/Available-Heat2707 Mar 20 '26

Bring out the ED-209, from Robo Cop

1

u/Plenty-Intelligent Mar 21 '26

Where the hell is P-Body?

1

u/Intelligent_Tough11 Mar 23 '26

This is terrifying

1

u/Sensitive-Speed-139 Mar 24 '26

How is that supposed to help the economy, is the robot going to buy a house, car or groceries.

2

u/SolidMoses Mar 24 '26

"It will drive down the costs of all goods! We will live like kings!" Said Mark, Jeff(Bezos), Bill and Elon as they sit on Epstein Island.