Boston Dynamics Humanoid Robot Goes For a Stroll Outside

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Boston Dynamics is continuing to work on their humanoid robots, with the conclusion of the DARPA Robotics Challenge. In new footage, their robots can be seen walking in the woods for the first time.

Alphabet (formerly Google) subsidiary, Boston Dynamics, has begun testing one of its humanoid robots outdoors.

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Marc Raibert, the founder of Boston Dynamics, talked about the research and showed footage (in the video below) of the project during a talk at the recent Fab Lab Conference and Symposium in Cambridge, Mass.

"Out in the world is just a totally different challenge than in the lab, you can’t predict what it’s going to be like."

“Out in the world is just a totally different challenge than in the lab, you can’t predict what it’s going to be like,” said Raibert.

Boston Dynamics has tested their 'Big Dog' and 'Alpha Dog' robots out in the woods before but this is the first video of the humanoid robots outdoors.

The humanoid robot shown is a version of ATLAS, that was featured in the DARPA Robotics Challenge earlier this year. Like other early Boston Dynamics prototypes, the robot is tethered to a power supply, but Raibert claims they are working on a self-powered version.

The higher center of gravity on the robots makes them look a bit drunk in a few shots, but overall the video has the jaw-dropping characteristics of most Boston Dynamics' releases — they look to be very close to nailing it.

SOURCE  Venture Beat

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