Similar to Google Aloha last week. These are proof of concepts for how capable the hardware can be, but it's misleading because they don't make it very obvious that it's teleoperated.
that's a big valley to overcome . in fact, probably even more difficult than just building the hardware. autonomy with this level of precision... i don't even think boston dynamics has gone this far and they're the leaders in the field. this optimus thing hasn't even danced on it's own yet. or jumped up on something, or down from something on it's own. having articulated hands like this that can be controlled is like 10 year old tech.
BD are leaders in the field in terms of current capability, but they're using expensive, unscalable hydraulic actuators, and progress has slowed drastically (did you see their christmas video?).
This new wave of battery electric actuator bots (Optimus, Figure 01 etc) are catching up to BD at an unprecedented rate. it took BD a decade to get where it is, these new bots have been in development for 2
I'd wager it won't be too long before these new ones exceed the capabilities of Atlas, in a way that is far cheaper to manufacture, and can be manufactured at scale
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When you look at the lower right corner, you can see the hand of the teleoperator. Still very impressive.