Boston Dynamics: Atlas shows balance; WildCat sprints untethered (w/ Video)
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - 05:00
in Mathematics & Economics
(Phys.org) —Boston Dynamics, the Waltham, Massachusetts robotics company that receives funds from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), is making more video news. Whether the company turns out videos of intros and updates of robots such as BigDog, or Petman, or Cheetah, its animal- and human-inspired robots promptly make the rounds of dozens of news sites and blogs. The company has made these robots interesting works in progress, as we see them, from development phase to phase, advancing in balance, agility, speed and strength. This month's video hits from Boston Dynamics show the company's two tests, for its bipedal Atlas and its quadruped WildCat.