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Re:Atlas robot does parkour by dane-pgp on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @12:10PM (#28211462)
As one of the comments on the video says, that feeling is an example of the "uncanny mountain" effect.
Re:Atlas robot does parkour by scythmic_waves on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @12:16PM (#28211527)
I'm not so sure.

1. [EDIT: IGNORE THIS POINT] They've done this before. [1]

2. To get more specific, look at the robot's legs around 0:09-0:16. They don't seem to be moving normally.

I don't have professional video analysis chops, but I'd put some money on this being fake.

Happy be to be proven wrong, though.

EDIT: It appears I remembered this story incorrectly, and posted a link without reading it. I retract my first statement. I'll leave the link for posterity, though.

[1] https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2019/6/17/18681682/boston-dyna...

Re:Atlas robot does parkour by mastax on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @12:20PM (#28211579)
That CGI gag was done by Corridor Digital, not Boston Dynamics.
Re:Atlas robot does parkour by ansible on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @01:47PM (#28212689)
That's a great channel, I really like their "reacts" series that comes out every Saturday. They also had a good one from Sunday about the Pentagon UFO videos.
Re:Atlas robot does parkour by mastax on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @12:33PM (#28211778)
Have you seen the behind the scenes video? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EezdinoG4mk
Re:Atlas robot does parkour by dane-pgp on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @04:23PM (#28214428)
That provides some great context, but I couldn't help finding it a little unsettling at 03:09 when one of the robots is suspended off the ground and "bleeding" a pink fluid onto the mat beneath it.
Re:Atlas robot does parkour by ttmb on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @12:18PM (#28211553)
> 1. They've done this before. [1]

Your link says nothing of the sort.