Now its time for our hydraulic Atlas robot to kick back and relax.
Take a look back at everything weve accomplished with the Atlas platform to date, the description continues.
Atlas achieved some incredible feats over the years, starting withwalking like a normal humanand then walking overrough surfaces.
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Before long, Atlas wasbattery-powered,jogging, andrunning up boxesin increasingly agile ways.
Atlas was even torturedwith hockey sticksand refused to take anything lying down.
But it may have been the moment Atlasstarted doing backflipsthat things really started to feel weird for humanity.
Most people cant do a backflip.
When bipedal robots start doing things better than the average human, we should probably pay attention.
AsIEEE Spectrumpoints out, the language in the new video announcing the retirement of Atlas is somewhat confusing.
Gizmodo reached out for comment but didnt immediately hear back from Boston Dynamics.
Well update this post if the company provides any clarity.
You were both terrifying and exciting in equal measure, as all cutting-edge technology should be.
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