The engineers at Boston Dynamics have enabled the Atlas robot to cope with a complex course in various ways. This works almost perfectly in tests. The “almost” bothers them.
The Atlas robots can easily offer predictable motion sequences. Now its developers want to take the next step. By training Atlas to move through complex obstacle course environments, Atlas learns new movements inspired by human behavior. The training brings Atlas to its limits.
Atlas impresses on the course
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The first of the two robots runs up a row of raised plywood panels, skips a gap and runs up and down stairs in the course set up on the second floor of the Boston Dynamics headquarters. The second robot jumps onto a balance beam and does the same steps in reverse order, while the first robot jumps over the beam. Both land after two synchronized backflips. It looks almost perfect.
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