A lot of people seem to think that humanoid robots a a thing worth betting on.
From Observer, February 6:
The company is looking to supercharge its development of Atlas, an electric humanoid robot.
Boston Dynamics, known for its robot dog “Spot” used by law enforcement, utility companies and tech researchers, is partnering with an organization led by its founder and former CEO to create a humanoid robot called Atlas. The Waltham, Mass.-based company is tapping the Robotics & AI Institute, led by Boston Dynamics’ founder Marc Raibert, to develop Atlas via reinforcement learning, a form of machine learning that trains machines through trial and error. The collaboration began earlier this month and will see researchers utilize the training method to improve the robot’s behavior on tasks such as opening doors and running, Boston Dynamics revealed yesterday (Feb. 5).
“Working on Atlas with Boston Dynamics enables us to make advances in reinforcement learning on arguably the most sophisticated humanoid robot available,” said Raibert in a statement. “This work will play a crucial role in advancing the capabilities of humanoids not only by advancing its skillset, but also streamline the process to achieve new skills.”
Raibert founded Boston Dynamics in 1992 after spinning it off from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where Raibert formerly worked as a professor for nearly a decade. Besides Spot, the company’s commercial robot portfolio currently includes Stretch, a box-moving robot used in warehouses. Its first-generation hydraulic humanoid robot, meanwhile, was unveiled by Boston Dynamics back in 2013 and retired last year in favor of a new, electric version that will be designed for real-world applications....
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Possibly also of interest:
HSBC is staffing branches with humanoid robots that dance, take selfies and push credit cards
Now that's dystopia.
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