Boston Dynamics
The production version of Atlas is a departure from the typical humanoid form factor, favoring industrial utility over human likeness. Intended for purposeful work in an industrial setting, Atlas has a form factor that signals its role as a machine rather than a companion or friendly assistant. Join two lead hardware engineers and our head of industrial design for a technical discussion of how key product requirements, ranging from passive thermal management to a modular architecture, dictated a bold new vision for a humanoid.
Read more about Atlas’ Evolution From Research Robot to Industrial Humanoid: https://bostondynamics.com/blog/atlas-evolution-from-research-robot-to-industrial-humanoid/
Presenters:
Chris Thorne, Director – Hardware Innovation
Aaron Abroff, Head of Industrial Design
James Cuseo, Technical Director – Compute and Sensing
Source
Hiiiiii Boston!
😃
🤙☕
Surprisingly interesting hearing from the decision makers on complex design problems. I find when it looks inevitable or obvious it usually means it's been well designed.
Refreshing to see a completely sensible approach to the humanoid robot as an appliance, an evolution of the robotic arm. Question: I Understand that integrating a robot that replaces its own battery is the easiest to integrate into a factory floor – consider the option to just provide power from a track and cable, from the ceiling.
To my perception, Atlas is the most impressive and least creepy humanoid robot.
It would be so cool if they added more arms that had different functions
More videos please 🙏
I see Boston Dynamics and I click.
Boston Dynamic ASMR division
Really wish it was a U.S. company. Oh well
this is the wrong time to come out considering theres the paper that told us that its viable for a machine to operate on blood
You will lose your job and die in poverty because of these guys. Remember their faces and names! They are destroying the working class!
everyone who contributes to the development of humanoid robots, and therefore human obsolescence, has blood on their hands and should be made to face justice
I am searching for some Korean comments…
Love how the comments are 50% ultrakill
Now make a red one
Nice pod
Can one robot replace broken parts of another robot?
I ordered a copy of teh one legged hop ping machine in 1989. micromouse tw2, make the world fair.
경제적인 면에서는 같은 부품을 여러곳에 사용하는 건 그럴 수 있다고는 하더리도
디자인적으로는 불안정해 보이고 거북하게 느껴지는 건 나뿐인가?😁
Boston Dynamics should partner with Lego for robots, and also sell the individual motors. Good job on driving progress, nice to see some window inside the people behind it.
Like an octopus, give it multiple brains and hearts and then it'll be able to continue and repair its own head, leg, whatever
Thanks.
Why is the computer itself inside the head? in humans its due to the slow speed of biological neurons but doesnt make sense with a robot imo. The chinese have figured this out with Unitree g1 having a hollowed out head.
Bad idea to make it modular, that's an old idea. Instead they should focus on overall cost and ability to repair, then economies of scale handles the rest.
If their $100k robot is super modular and they spent effort to provide that feature, than it will be beat by a $20k robot 5 to 1.
If I had all the tools and all the components needed, then I would be able to make a robot that was better than all the robots that already exist.
Tesla Optimus seems to have solved the correct answer to every engineer requirements that they described was so difficult. Even Unitree solved all this way cheaper than these guys did.
Ooof "modularity allows us to take a phased approach". Listen to any Tesla or SpaceX engineer, they've solved that with adapters not the product itself. They iterate per car and customers never even know.
10:45 We are waiting for fans to make Atlas an adapter for his left hand, on which you can hang 3 hands so that he can change them without removing them on the go, and yes, we are waiting for Atlas to make 2 unique hands for this, red and green colors without taking into account the already existing blue colors.
16:22 Is it very strange? most likely, he lacks a blood generator and wings for maneuvering, for falling and jumping.
Oh no they painted it blue 😟
Yo, make a rat robot and let it loose in NY
11:59 professor snape used: "bother".
Enough talking, show me the real footage of the production version.
It’s wonderful to hear someone talk about hardware at a time when software has become so dominant and seems to be the only thing anyone talks about. It made me feel a little less alone. 🙂
@2:48 that's exactly how I felt watching the stuff that comes out of boston dynamics in the 2010's. I can only hope I can work here one day and as a computer engineering student, I can't get enough of this kind of stuff, I only hope to be able to contribute to the future in such a significant way. Props to everyone here for pushing the scope of humanity's knowledge and prowess forward in such a compelling way. You've inspired many. @27:33 AHHHHHH LET ME WORK HERE PLEASE hahahaha
Great discussion on form and function in humanoid design! It’s rare to get such detailed insights into the engineering decisions behind Boston Dynamics’ amazing technology.
If you open an operation in Australia, I will quit my job and come and work for you!
A fascinating discussion.
Это военная тема. Любая война тупо экономика страны. Кто больше бойцов сделает тот и ферзь. Америка лидер. Все сосут!!!!
Didn't spot the handles on the back before. Really adds purpose to the design as well. Love idea of the robots giving a nod when someone else walks by.
I'm curious how the first prototypes with the new design will turn out!