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Q&A: Boston Dynamics on Atlas’s Parkour Skills

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Yesterday's video from Boston Dynamics showing a pair of Atlas robots doing parkour together is already up to nearly 3 million views, and for good reason. And happily, Boston Dynamics had answers! But there are of course limits—parkour on ice probably wouldn't work.

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Learn From the Best Minds in Commercial Robotics Development

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The Robotics Summit & Expo , taking place May 10-11 at the Boston Convention Center, will bring together the brightest minds in robotics to share their commercial robotics development experiences. Gain full access to the world’s leading event dedicated to commercial robotics development with our discounted rate.

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Video Friday: Acrobot Error

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We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Robot built by Boston Dynamics for the DARPA Robotics Challenge in 2013. Boston Dynamics ] Cybathlon Challenges : 02 February 2024, ZURICH HRI 2024 : 11–15 March 2024, BOULDER, COLO.

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Video Friday: Welcome to Fall

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We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Boston Dynamics ] The moral of this video is to always give your robots a gentle pat on the sensors when they do a good job at a challenging task.

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Video Friday: Your Robot Dog

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We'll also be posting a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months; here's what we have so far ( send us your events !): Robot choreography by Boston Dynamics and Monica Thomas. Boston Dynamics ] DeKonBot 2: for when you want things really, really, really, slowly clean.

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Video Friday: Monocycle Robot With Legs

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We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. The recent progress in commercial humanoids is just exhausting. Notable that Boston Dynamics is now saying that Atlas “gets ready for real work.” IHMC ] Thanks, Robert!

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Deep Learning Can’t be Trusted Brain Modelling Pioneer Says

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During the past 20 years, deep learning has come to dominate artificial intelligence research and applications through a series of useful commercial applications. Our brains learn to recognize and predict objects and events in a changing world that is filled with unexpected events,” he says.

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