Humanoid robot can run, jump and throw things like human: Watch

• Boston Dynamics presented the latest demo of Atlas, a humanoid robot.
• The video shows the bipedal robot’s incredible agility and dexterity.
• After finishing all chores, the robot smoothly performs a backflip.

Humanoid robot can run, jump and throw things like human. Robots have invaded virtually every industry and are changing the society we live in, from simple responsibilities to complicated tasks. Robotic technology has advanced tremendously during the last decade.

Boston Dynamics presented the latest demo of Atlas, a humanoid robot, on its official YouTube channel on Wednesday.  ”It’s time for Atlas to pick up a new set of skills and get hands-on. In this video, the humanoid robot manipulates the world around it: Atlas interacts with objects and modifies the course to reach its goal-pushing the limits of locomotion, sensing, and athleticism,” The description of the video reads.

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The video shows the bipedal robot’s incredible agility and dexterity as it supports a worker on a simulated building site. The robot is seen in the video executing a variety of duties such as sprinting, jumping, grabbing, and throwing objects while assisting a worker. The robot demonstrates its outstanding speed and athletic ability by tossing planks and climbing a set of steps, as well as carefully balancing a bag over its head. After finishing all chores, the robot smoothly performs a backflip.

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Social media users were intrigued by the video and left a variety of comments. One user wrote, ” This level of advancement is amazing! I remember these machines as a kid, they could barely walk across the floor, look at them now! Congrats.” Another added, ”I can’t even begin to describe how beautiful seeing how smooth it is in action. nice work genuinely.” A third said, ” Honestly it is a bit weird, but awesome, to watch a robot move around so fluidly.”

“We’re not just thinking about how to make the robot move dynamically through its environment like we did in Parkour and Dance. Now, we’re starting to put Atlas to work and think about how the robot should be able to perceive and manipulate objects in its environment,” Boston Dynamics’ team lead on Atlas, Scott Kuindersma told The Verge. Mr Kuindersma also added that the bipedal robot can do all sorts of tasks other robots can’t.