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Boston Dynamics joins forces with its former CEO to speed the learning of its Atlas humanoid robot


Boston Dynamics Wednesday announced a partnership designed to bring improved reinforcement learning to its electric Atlas humanoid robot. The tie-up is

The Korean carmaker acquired Boston Dynamics back in 2021; Hyundai also funds the Institute, giving Raibert free rein to explore more experimental and bleeding-edge technologies than is possible in a commercial company. The new work focuses on both transferring simulation-based learning to real world settings and improving how the company’s humanoid Atlas moves through and interacts with physical environments. Bigger picture, Raibert notes in a statement, “Our aim at RAI is to develop technology that enables future generations of intelligent machines.

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