Boston Dynamics electric Atlas: hydraulics retired, industrial robot born
In one sentence On April 16, 2024 Boston Dynamics retires the hydraulic Atlas; the next day it unveils the new fully electric Atlas, designed for real-world applications, with Hyundai as the first testing partner.
On April 16, 2024 Boston Dynamics says goodbye to the hydraulic Atlas with a farewell video recapping more than ten years of jumps, flips and falls. The next day it unveils the successor: a fully electric Atlas, redesigned from scratch.
The new robot has a broader range of motion than any previous generation, and in the launch video it rotates its joints in ways no human body could.
The shift is industrial: Boston Dynamics says that over the next few years it will test Atlas applications with a small group of customers, starting with Hyundai, which has controlled the company since 2021 and is also investing in it.
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Boston Dynamics, Hyundai
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Atlas
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