The age of robotics is heating up as robots are now doing things we previously thought were impossible to engineer and program. Atlas, is an agile and very talented robot created by Boston Dynamics. One of its most amazing characteristics is the ability to do backflips. Beyond doing backflips because it is a robot with a humanoid build it also has the ability to walk, jump and balance itself.
Check out this video to see Atlas walk, hop, leap, rebalance itself and perform an amazing backflip before raising its arms in a sign of victory!
To be clear: Humanoids aren’t supposed to be able to do this. It's extremely difficult to make a bipedal robot that can move effectively, much less kick off a tumbling routine. The beauty of four-legged robots is that they balance easily, both at rest and as they’re moving, but bipeds like Atlas have to balance a bulky upper body on just two legs. Accordingly, you could argue that roboticists can better spend their time on non-human forms that are easier to master.
This is an interesting arguement but I'm quite sure humans find themselves magnetically pulled to creations made in their own form. Although roboticists should continue to advance the field of non-human form robotic engineering, there's nothing wrong with tinkering around developing humanoid models as well!
But there’s a case to be made for Atlas and the other bipeds like Cassie (which walks more like a bird than a human). We live in a world built for humans, so there may be situations where you want to deploy a robot that works like a human. If you have to explore a contaminated nuclear facility, for instance, you’ll want something that can climb stairs and ladders, and turn valves. So a humanoid may be the way to go.
I'll be honest about my thoughts regarding the deployment of robots that work like humans. I don't see this application doing much to help humanity as in my opinion there are already plenty of humans that are in dire need of opportunity and training, essentially they are without a job and capable of learning and our world would be more inclusive if it devoted resources to making them a bigger part of society.
Either way this is an amazing accomplishment for Boston Dynamics! The Atlas robot is extremely impressive and when I saw this video my jaw dropped in amazement. I had never seen anything like this in the field. We truly are building the future! Lets hope its a future we all want to be a part of.
Thanks for reading this article. Please leave your thoughts and feedback below and let me know what you think of the new Atlas robot!
Source:
Boston Dynamics' Atlas Robot Does Backflips Now and It's Full-Tilt Insane - Wired
Brilliant post @techblogger. I couldnt agree more with you thoughts here..
"I'll be honest about my thoughts regarding the deployment of robots that work like humans. I don't see this application doing much to help humanity as in my opinion there are already plenty of humans that are in dire need of opportunity and training, essentially they are without a job and capable of learning and our world would be more inclusive if it devoted resources to making them a bigger part of society."
I mean we live on a planet of over a billion people most of whom are unaccounted for, out of jobs, living in denial, The list goes on, i think what the world should do now is focus more on how to improve the human life, and not creating more human like being (humanoids), yes!! because in some climes such as Saudi Arabia , robots are being giving animate attributes, recently Saudi Arabia granted a robots citizenship. The first of its kind.
(Kindly look up this post. https://steemit.com/sci-fi/@morganokeoma/sophia-first-robot-citizen-should-robots-be-granted-citizenship)
Thanks for weighing in on this! I'm aware of the 'Sophia' situation in Saudi Arabia. I thought it was just a PR stunt but at the same time it seems extremely irresponsible when so many refugees are helpless in trying to get citizenship somewhere. It's a sad state of affairs indeed!
Sure its does seem irresponsible, more also, i think its a problem of misplaced priority. We just need to get our priorities right...
Its a pleasure contributing to this discourse, i must say.
Brilliant post once again. @techblogger
This robot who make You know?
The robot looks scared and jittery. Did u notice that?
Well.. maybe its like us, needs a few wins before it gets a bit of confidence? Maybe programmers told it that if it makes a mistake it wont be repaired!
Great post
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It's cool to see a robot doing a backflip but somehow scary at the same time 🙈 Were will technology lead us in future?
Out of control!
Society is moving way to far, to fast, without looking at the social implications of the developments we are releasing into the world.
Dangerous times ahead.
On the other hand this is an incredible sight to see.