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Video: Boston Dynamics reveals how humanoid robot brain masters factory moves

The value of humanoid robots in industrial settings has long been questioned, particularly when simpler machines such as ...
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Boston Dynamics Partners with Its Former CEO to Build a Humanoid Robot

Boston Dynamics’s Atlas humanoid robot displayed during SoftBank Robot World on Nov. 21, 2017 in Tokyo, Japan. Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images Boston Dynamics, known for its robot dog “Spot” used by law ...
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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 with the Robotics & AI Institute (RAI Institute) ...
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Boston Dynamics explains the peculiar getting-up of the humanoid Atlas robot

Already at the introduction of the humanoid electric Atlas successor, Boston Dynamics showed how the robot can get up from a lying position. Initially, it was assumed that the contortions the robot ...