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Re:Boston Dynamics retires its legendary humanoid robot by mritchie712 on Wednesday April 17, 2024 @10:36AM (#40065268)
could they have come up with a more terrifying way for it to standup? I can't think of one.
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Re:Boston Dynamics retires its legendary humanoid robot by y04nn on Wednesday April 17, 2024 @10:58AM (#40065600)
I think this is on purpose to show the extra freedom of movements of the new model compared to the hydraulic one.
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Re:Boston Dynamics retires its legendary humanoid robot by philwelch on Wednesday April 17, 2024 @06:49PM (#40070915)
Also, it can get up off the ground by itself. I don't think I ever saw any of the previous Atlas robots doing that, and it's an important feature, since the primary failure mode of a bipedal robot is falling down.
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