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Boston Dynamics shows off another major leap in humanoid mobility


Chinese humanoids are starting to move with extraordinary grace and agility, but Boston Dynamics is the OG in this field, and fresh video of its swivel-jointed Atlas robot running, cartwheeling and breakdancing shows it's still at the bleeding edge.

Chinese humanoids are starting to move with extraordinary grace and agility, but Boston Dynamics is the OG in this field, and fresh video of its swivel-jointed Atlas robot running, cartwheeling and breakdancing shows it's still at the bleeding edge. It's impressive stuff, but lest we forget who's been at the forefront of humanoid research for more than a decade, Boston Dynamics has just released new footage of its stunning Atlas robot taking natural-looking motion to yet another level. These things will be confined to factories for the most part as they begin entering the workforce en masse, but it's looking clearer than ever that humans and androids will be interacting regularly in daily life sooner than most of us ever imagined.

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