Inside the Lab: Taking Atlas From Sim to Scaffold

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  • čas přidán 17. 01. 2023
  • How does Atlas recognize and interact with objects? How do we develop new Atlas behaviors? Why is manipulation important for the future of robotics?
    Join our team in the Atlas lab to discover the answers to these questions and more. Learn more about how Atlas makes decisions about its environment on our blog: www.bostondynamics.com/resour...
    00:00: Introduction
    01:57: Perception and Manipulation
    05:11: Electrical Doctors
    06:29: Developing in Simulation
    07:13: "Sick Trick"
    08:24: What's Next?
    #BostonDynamics #robotics
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  • @p.t.anderson1593
    @p.t.anderson1593 Před rokem +3292

    I appreciate that the scrapes and dents in Atlas's bodywork have been left intact. It gives it a kind of honesty that comes from hard work and effort. Thanks...
    EDIT: To everyone who thinks this is simple cost cutting. I doubt it. I'm sure they have the money to have a spare set of bodywork to throw on after most of the testing is done and they know the public is about to see the latest moves. I usually avoid speculation but my guess would be that they were too busy just trying to make it work and they didn't really think about the aesthetics. Glad they didn't, makes it so much more relatable.

    • @cyrileo
      @cyrileo Před rokem +48

      Thanks so much! Glad you appreciate the hard work and effort put into making Atlas's movements believable 👨‍💻I'm sure all that effort paid off!

    • @asterlofts1565
      @asterlofts1565 Před rokem +57

      True. Thanks to that, it gives more credibility to the project/work of these people. Plus, it gives it a "Cyberpunk" look, from the damage that looks like it went through a lot to get to where it is, without being a sci-fi bad thing, of course. Although that won't stop people from thinking this is done in CGI. XD

    • @templar23
      @templar23 Před rokem +7

      Well said.

    • @dhayes907
      @dhayes907 Před rokem +49

      Shows character. If you don't have a few scars then you aren't trying.

    • @haphazardprism
      @haphazardprism Před rokem +13

      Saves a few bucks

  • @fox4snce
    @fox4snce Před rokem +2192

    The work you are doing is both terrifying and mind-blowingly awesome.

    • @darkkingastos4369
      @darkkingastos4369 Před rokem +67

      Yeah imagine the bot that is supposed to help you at your worksite started throwing bags of tools and trying to do backflips putting people and equipment in jeapardy.

    • @rizdalegend
      @rizdalegend Před rokem +82

      @@darkkingastos4369 so basically an apprentice that post to tik tok, or how ever you spell it...

    • @user-qjvqfjv
      @user-qjvqfjv Před rokem +22

      How is this terrifying?

    • @aa-tx7th
      @aa-tx7th Před rokem

      "hOw Is ThiS TerRiFyIng?"
      you CANNOT be this thick.
      if that thing "decides" to f!$k you up, if it malfunctions and yeets a chunk of metal or stone at your empty head, if it isnt programmed perfectly at ALL stages of manufacture AND use by EVERYONE that is in control of it...
      if it leans on you.
      if it falls on you...
      if it grabs you...
      if you get in its way...
      you. are. DEAD.
      you will NOT stop it. you will NOT move it or push it away or off of you.
      youre literally just f!&king dead.
      this thing is literally a *pickup truck* with a mind of its own.
      if youre NOT afraid of this thing you do not belong ANYWHERE near heavy machinery.

    • @user-qjvqfjv
      @user-qjvqfjv Před rokem +40

      @@aa-tx7th Dude, go outside and touch grass. You've been watching way too many sci-fi movies. Stop living in irrational fear.

  • @Kralasaurusx
    @Kralasaurusx Před rokem +381

    I LOVE how this includes the "failures" along the way, rather than just a hyper-edited selection of only the most "successful" clips, because this shows the progress on a much deeper level, and that the Atlas system is truly learning to see and interact with the world - not just hermetically choreographed sequences that look good on camera but don't work in the real world. Nice work.

    • @jam99
      @jam99 Před rokem +22

      Absolutely. It's also telling how nobody cares that the 's' in 'Boston' on the front of the robot has been partially rubbed off by lots of mistakes. This company clearly has integrity and really cares about what is important with this development. Real engineers and really inspirational. (Not marketing BS we see so much these days with certain other companies.)

    • @JohnSmith-pn2vl
      @JohnSmith-pn2vl Před rokem +2

      y but actually htey did eactly that all the time

    • @tanjongmalim6869
      @tanjongmalim6869 Před rokem +2

      @@jam99 yes... especially especially China companies

    • @mahachams6113
      @mahachams6113 Před 4 měsíci

      Happy holidays 🎊🎄 to all those years ago to send you a new job for the robots ☺️🧋🫂👾🈲💔🗨️🤍🎼📸🗝️🤖👾®️⛄🧳🧳🇨🇦👍📖🧋

    • @mrhobs
      @mrhobs Před 2 měsíci

      @jam99
      Yeah I used to follow ASIMO updates back in the day, but it was always so theoretical, and any demonstrations were clearly faked or just remote controlled… I mean it was an impressive machine, nothing really walked like that before ASIMO, but the promo videos would always claim way more than was even close to reality.
      (BTW, I know there was work done in more natural gait robots, but… they didn’t get funding I guess… not sure what happened. Then Boston Dynamics came along. Still doesn’t seem to have the natural stride of some of those walkers I’ve seen… but getting there

  • @BUZZK1LL2000
    @BUZZK1LL2000 Před rokem +216

    7:05 Don't know if anyone thought this but it's mindblowing to me that this is the first time I've felt compassion for a robot. It obviously doesn't feel any pain and so wasn't reaching to its side because of this but something about that action after falling and the way it was dragged off with limp legs looked so unbelievably human. This is going to be a strange world to live in one day.

    • @studioCAA
      @studioCAA Před rokem +46

      Robot looks doubled over in pain 💀💀💀

    • @Jairjax
      @Jairjax Před rokem +40

      @@studioCAA ah hell nah they got him rigged with the hidden pain sensors

    • @stampinturtles
      @stampinturtles Před rokem +17

      I felt that too and in other videos of robots being pushed around, teased, etc. I guess it goes back to our compassion that God instilled in us. I wouldn’t like to watch a stuffed animal be torn apart or beaten yet I know it doesn’t feel anything. I don’t want my car to get dented either. I’ve named my cars in the past even though they aren’t alive. Maybe we just connect more with objects when they are named.

    • @deejay7339
      @deejay7339 Před rokem +13

      you only feel compassion because it LOOKS human, it's NOT human. Something future generations will grasp better than ours.

    • @djbis
      @djbis Před rokem

      Same here Buzzk1ll.

  • @sky173
    @sky173 Před rokem +854

    I've been an enthusiast of walking robots since the original walking Honda robots debuted in the 80's. It's amazing seeing how far we've come in that time. Just WOW!

    • @pondeify
      @pondeify Před rokem +39

      unfortunately most of what we're seeing here is just pre-programmed routines - the robot doesn't recognize the objects, it just follows a pre-programmed route and set of actions.
      i believe they need to link up with Open AI and build a generative model which would evolve in a more natural way.
      writing code to handle real world interactions seems like the wrong direction to me.
      above being said - kudos to the team, this certaintly is impressive!

    • @ClayMann
      @ClayMann Před rokem +20

      you really think its amazing? I've been obsessively following this since Star Wars came out and I fell in love with droids. It's been a pretty sad bunch of decades waiting for anything to happen. I feel in the last 2 years we've seen an explosion in A.I for the first time but robotics is still so far behind. I think A.I is doing all the heavy lifting funnily enough for robotics and we'll see more happening because of A.I leaps but the technical limit of batteries and physical engineering is just so far behind my sci-fi vision of what the future would and should be. But its all based on movies and books where they can have magically solved these issues. The real world has this stubborn property of anything physically based being enormously difficult. Fingers crossed 2023 will be a break out year for robotics.

    • @ohnhai
      @ohnhai Před rokem +2

      Atlas would eat Asimo for breakfast LOL :D

    • @xponen
      @xponen Před rokem +7

      @@pondeify I prefer if AI to be made from math & logic instead of self-generated model, because written codes are deterministic, and its logic can be traced or debugged.

    • @ClayMann
      @ClayMann Před rokem +5

      @@chyza2012 they seem to be coding from the seat of their pants rather than using anything off the shelf but that's me as a novice looking in. If you compare say Googles A.I driven robot that responds to conversational commands like. I'm thirsty and the robot goes and finds a drink in an environment it has never seen. That's absolutely cutting edge and you can see how wonky it is even at the cutting edge. So just attempting this with a robot as complex as Atlas looks to be to be a huge step forward. no pun intended.

  • @deildegast
    @deildegast Před rokem +618

    Love the "Dr. Zoidberg" at 6:45, it looks like your company has the environment to not only design state of the art robots but also to goof around a bit and have fun :)

    • @aggonzalezdc
      @aggonzalezdc Před rokem +98

      The only difference between screwing around and science is writing it down.
      Dr. Zoidberg Test: Complete

    • @Real28
      @Real28 Před rokem +9

      @@aggonzalezdc great reference

    • @bureaucratbayonet
      @bureaucratbayonet Před rokem +21

      Me: this thing will usher in the apocalypse
      Scientist: Why not zoidberg?

    • @jaredes5666
      @jaredes5666 Před rokem

      now they just need to make it run on alcohol and tell people to bite its shiny metal a**

    • @TheGugustar
      @TheGugustar Před rokem +2

      I thought it was the crabmen from South Park

  • @swordmonkey6635
    @swordmonkey6635 Před rokem +33

    The fact that you're programing Atlas to anticipate into the future is amazing. Watching Atlas calculating on how it's going to pick up the bag as it's still moving towards it made my jaw drop. Great work!

    • @VividCoding
      @VividCoding Před rokem +1

      Lets combine this with GPT models already :D

    • @kirikiri44695
      @kirikiri44695 Před 11 měsíci +1

      ​@@VividCoding and than get ready for dystopia

    • @tbuk8350
      @tbuk8350 Před 10 měsíci

      ​@@VividCodinglet's not do that. GPT models suck, we should wait until there's something more lightweight that is reasonable to run on an embedded machine like the one in Atlas.

  • @philiporme3945
    @philiporme3945 Před rokem +22

    The minute movements Atlas makes are just absolutely incredible. Incredibly human like.

  • @1Lyc
    @1Lyc Před rokem +269

    the guy at 5:11 is my inspiration for getting into electronics. being an electrical doctor for robots. since i was small and saw geordi la forge do maintenance on data.
    i'm so happy repairing "normal" electronics and imagining in the bigger picture i'm part of the infancy of atlas and his successors futures.
    you guys are an inspiration and always make me go "what a time to be alive" with every video

    • @TonyTylerDraws
      @TonyTylerDraws Před rokem +2

      Have you seen the Boston Dynamics interviews with their roboticists?

    • @wtfworld814
      @wtfworld814 Před rokem

      @@TonyTylerDraws Boston dynamics is wack there code programing is completely wrong. Runnin down a dead end road, good example of what not to do

    • @Kumari_44
      @Kumari_44 Před rokem +4

      @@wtfworld814 what makes you say this? Can you go deeper on this?

    • @3ountyhunter
      @3ountyhunter Před rokem +5

      @@wtfworld814 Please enlighten us about how much you know about their code base and how it's "wack".

    • @wtfworld814
      @wtfworld814 Před rokem +4

      @@Kumari_44 no I can't, there actually spot on, I just got into an argument with my wife and needed to tell someone they were wrong, sorry

  • @TimeBucks
    @TimeBucks Před rokem +569

    This is absolutely incredible!

  • @inmemoryofin
    @inmemoryofin Před rokem +78

    There's one moment in this that always catches my attention. The way the duffel bag lands, slides and spins perfectly so that it lands in front of the person is so perfect. I keep wondering if that was programmed into the sequence or if it happened by chance?

    • @MrHerobrineHunters
      @MrHerobrineHunters Před rokem +37

      From 3:04 they talk about how they try to make atlas include the mass of the heavy objects into its movement calculations.
      My guess is that this movement is not hard coded, but shows the result of the code being able to calculate the trajectory of the bag after receiving instructions like: take bag at approximately location X, go to location Y and throw to location Z.
      I assume the physics calculations happened on the fly

    • @stevennagley3407
      @stevennagley3407 Před 11 měsíci +5

      That moment was probably caught after many test runs, probably run it in simulator for several times then many calibrations… don’t think that happen first time running one simulator run

    • @skamarfire
      @skamarfire Před 7 měsíci +1

      CGI is a hell of a drug

    • @mixmaster1905
      @mixmaster1905 Před 5 měsíci

      ​@@skamarfireyour life is pretty sad man

    • @leo12061
      @leo12061 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@skamarfireI know I won’t be able to change your opinion, and that’s ok, but there’s actual real places where you can go see Atlas and Spot. I saw them once. I used to think this was CGI as well.

  • @groovetorped9554
    @groovetorped9554 Před 11 měsíci +8

    You guys being able to make Atlas understand what it "sees" and what to do with it is truly mind boggling.

  • @dustincurtis9418
    @dustincurtis9418 Před rokem +249

    The scuffed armour is badass, the tensioning of the legs under load on landing the multi axis flip is superb.

  • @Skott62
    @Skott62 Před rokem +137

    If I was a software developer this is the kind of thing I would love to be a part of. I am truly amazed what Boston Dynamics has accomplished with robotics.

    • @robocu4
      @robocu4 Před rokem +11

      With 3d printing advancements making the technology more accessible, I'd bet lots of hobbyist robot developers will start appearing in the coming decade as the software for designing and emulating real world physics improves. I'm excited to see robots in the real world

    • @leeoiou7295
      @leeoiou7295 Před rokem +5

      I feel you. Every software "engineer" these days seem to be making websites. lol

    • @conorstewart2214
      @conorstewart2214 Před rokem +4

      @@leeoiou7295 software engineering deals with stuff like data analysis, making applications and creating websites and games, etc. It is pretty different from making robots or other systems that interact with or measure the real world. Sure having a software engineer on the team may be helpful but it seems they aren’t purely a software engineer. You also then get subsets within software engineering like machine learning or video processing, although from what I have seen those can also be taught to EEs. The physics and equations used and reading the data from the sensors is much more the domain of mechanical and electrical engineers than it is software engineers. Writing code for embedded systems is very different from writing code designed to run on a desktop computer or server. A lot of what software engineers may be used to using just doesn’t work or isn’t a good idea, like a lot of embedded systems need programmed in C, not Python since performance is limited, or you can’t use recursion all that much due to limited memory and stack.
      Not saying that you don’t need software engineers just that a pure software engineer wouldn’t be that useful, it might be better to capture them under the umbrella term of robotics engineer, which is a very broad term combining, electrical, mechanical and a little bit of software engineering amongst other disciplines. There is a big difference between writing software to run on a server or computer and running it on a physical device like a robot.

    • @leeoiou7295
      @leeoiou7295 Před rokem

      @@conorstewart2214 "Software engineering" itself is a false term. There are some software developers who do some real engineering stuff like OS developers, aviation software, embedded software, AI/ML OpenGL devs and some game devs.
      The vast majority of software "engineers" make websites and apps. Which has nothing to do with science or engineering and is nothing but a bastardisation of the word "engineering".

    • @gusik89
      @gusik89 Před rokem +6

      @@conorstewart2214 Of course pure software engineer would not do much here, as would not do pure electrical engineer or mechanical engineer. In complex systems like this you need experts in their respective fields to put this whole thing together. But the work of software engineer here is as important as of electrical engineer or mechanical engineer. Without actual proper software your sensors and the entire robot is just a piece of metal. Can an electrical engineer write some code, probably. Can a software engineer connect a few pins and wires probably can. But it takes a lot to build these things hence they have software engineers and electric engineers not just one doing everything. Concerning embedded system development of course it might take some different tools and languages to work with it, but it is still a software and any competent software engineer who worked for example in system development or even in web dev can handle it.

  • @Richardkowalski60
    @Richardkowalski60 Před rokem +5

    Amazing work! What is impressive is the dismount at the end flip, as you can see in lands almost perfectly but has to make a small adjustment and takes a small skip to keep its balance. WOW

  • @dlerious77
    @dlerious77 Před rokem +93

    Following these robots for so many years I still get excited at all the improvements and capabilities your team is accomplishing! What will the future of atlas be....I can't wait to see!

  • @kennyvanvliet7569
    @kennyvanvliet7569 Před rokem +199

    I'm curious, are you all going to advance Atlas' feet? A few times I saw him lose balance and fall, and saw many times that he would simply jump to turn around. What about if he were to be carrying an object with a non-stable center of mass, such as a bucket of liquid or small particulates? We generally use our toes to exert a balancing force when picking up objects, carrying, throwing them. I'd just be interested to know the current thoughts on this, and where you are in the iterative process.

    • @ejwerme
      @ejwerme Před rokem +28

      One of the more challenging things this human has had to do is to pick up and move a tray full photographic chemical solution. Damping out the oscillations (waves) in the tray requires a lot of concentration and quick (but tiny) responses.
      Try it with a large casserole dish with an inch of water in it. Outside.

    • @watsonwrote
      @watsonwrote Před rokem +8

      Yeah, the human foot has a great deal of bones compared to other parts of the body, and there are many nuances in how it can articulate.
      Some of that complexity is due to our ability to switch "gears" from low-energy walking on our heels to high energy running on the balls of our feet, so for a slow robot we could probably reduce the complexity to focus on walking articulation.

    • @ep8310
      @ep8310 Před rokem +2

      @@ejwerme I have this struggle every time I take my cat's shallow water bowls to clean and refill. I really should fill with a cup but the challenge not to spill is exhilirating lol

    • @3mmmmmm
      @3mmmmmm Před rokem +2

      One of the main issues with balancing the robot is that it cannot react fast enough to regain balance like a person would do instinctively, not to mention that its not as balanced as a human body because of the hydraulics, bearings, batteries, cameras and etc.
      Improving it's feet too much to the point its better than a human with proper shoes would kind of defeat it's purpose as of now.

    • @maxington26
      @maxington26 Před rokem +2

      @@ejwerme I remember learning to desynchronise my footsteps with the oscillations in my cup of strong black coffee, on my way back from the office kitchen. That would be a new level of analysis for this tech. No doubt it's coming.

  • @richardmattingly7000
    @richardmattingly7000 Před rokem +131

    Astonishing how this makes one wonder how incredible our own bodies are since we are unconscious about how intricate just picking up an object is for us. Decades ago Disney amongst others found out that fluid motion in it mechanical characters weren't about stopping but returning to a fixed point when moving. They called it compliance, by having an armature slow then use its inertia to return to the point desire not just halt allowed a motion few though possible in an animated device.

    • @ejwerme
      @ejwerme Před rokem +11

      Here's an amusing anecdote from early days. A computerized arm that was was being used by an early hand-eye system was programmed to gather and stack some childhood blocks. It tried to stack the topmost block first. The programmers realized that they had learned about gravity well before they ever attempted to stack blocks. So they had to go back to the _real basics_ and add that knowledge to their software.
      Yes, some of the most impressive work Boston Dynamics has done is in the stuff we all take for granted.

    • @apatrioticamerican99
      @apatrioticamerican99 Před rokem +1

      Yes and it all happened "by accident."

    • @caesarsalad1170
      @caesarsalad1170 Před rokem

      @@apatrioticamerican99 It's either that or God, or aliens, basically the same thing if they can create a universe.

    • @JamesFaction
      @JamesFaction Před rokem

      @Caleb OKAYregardless whether or not you believe in God, your statement is meaningless.

    • @tmarxde
      @tmarxde Před rokem

      And it took evolution millions and millions of years to get where we are now. I'm curious how far Boston Dynamics will get.

  • @Puleczech
    @Puleczech Před rokem +1

    You are one of the very few companies which completely blows me away with every new release. Absolutely brutal. Thank you for your hard work and for being an inspiration to an entire generation!

  • @pudmupi
    @pudmupi Před rokem +5

    I am just amazed every time I see one of your videos! You all are just so talented; it is scary! I enjoy each and every one of them. Thank you for sharing.

  • @BrianIrwin
    @BrianIrwin Před rokem +123

    I love the demo videos and they are easy to share, but seeing some more behind the scenes stuff here is just great.

  • @cogoid
    @cogoid Před rokem +211

    The "sick trick" is amazing, but it was also nice to see the human faces behind this awesome technology!
    Only relatively recently Boston Dynamics started to make these little documentary style presentations, to better explain what is it that they are doing. I think they are great, and really help to create a more positive image of the company.

  • @MakeScienceLM
    @MakeScienceLM Před rokem +14

    Una pieza maestra de ingeniería y programación, cada vez nos sorprende más la naturalidad con que hace los movimientos etc. Que gran trabajo!!

  • @WkUpPeople
    @WkUpPeople Před rokem

    The content of this video is fascinating. I love Atlas. He's almost like a person. The engineers at Boston Dynamics are brilliant. It must be so rewarding and fun to work there.

  • @StormcloudLive
    @StormcloudLive Před rokem +73

    The way he holds position in the hop after the sick trick at the end is awesome, just perfect pose to let the energy which went into the jump out and spring what looks like effortlessly back down to land on it's feet again, Atlas and Boston Dynamics are incredible.

    • @lmrandlette
      @lmrandlette Před rokem +1

      It - not he

    • @StormcloudLive
      @StormcloudLive Před rokem +11

      @@lmrandlette they named him Atlas after the Greek God, it's a masculine name. Unlike yourself I'm sure this robot couldn't give a flying f what gender people refer to it as anyway.

    • @SaintSaint
      @SaintSaint Před rokem +1

      @@StormcloudLive Could be more of a reminder to others to not give AI/Robots human rights. Ascribing animal traits to something that isn't an animal isn't new for humans... but there is a newer level of danger in doing so.

    • @Pete_xp
      @Pete_xp Před rokem +1

      @@StormcloudLive pronouns please! 😉

    • @StormcloudLive
      @StormcloudLive Před rokem +2

      @@Pete_xp are yours Pete / Poot? 😁😅

  • @owensparks5013
    @owensparks5013 Před rokem +370

    Outstanding! Is there any chance of more frequent and longer episodes?

    • @spol
      @spol Před rokem +41

      Sadly, they're first and foremost a company, not an entertainment channel.

    • @JigilJigil
      @JigilJigil Před rokem +52

      @@spol To be realistic they are not really a company, after 3 decades they are more of a robotic research institution, they almost make no money (their revenue is a very small fraction of their expenses) and they won't be profitable for a long time, that's the reason Google and Softbank sold them and Hyundai will probably do that too.

    • @owensparks5013
      @owensparks5013 Před rokem +3

      @spol True enough. I wonder if there is such a thing as an impulse purchase of a spot robot? Would the revenue of a few generated sales cover the salary of a full-time Boston Dynamics vlogger or youtuberist?

    • @benruckel872
      @benruckel872 Před rokem +10

      @@JigilJigil Hyundai is more invested in robotics

    • @user-rz6wu3eo8k
      @user-rz6wu3eo8k Před rokem +5

      @@JigilJigil that's why they started selling their robotic dog. :)

  • @andrew_tc
    @andrew_tc Před rokem +7

    Mindblowing! Those moves are just unreal. I love what you're doing!

  • @HarleyKing001
    @HarleyKing001 Před rokem +5

    Inspiring team. Love to see and follow the progress. Thank you for sharing.

  • @Clint_Moto34
    @Clint_Moto34 Před rokem +132

    That flip is insane. It is amazing that you come so far with Atlas! I cant wait for its Future.

  • @karelpgbr
    @karelpgbr Před rokem +57

    I love that you guys kept the scratches, dings and dents on Atlas' body! Shows the process!

    • @senju2024
      @senju2024 Před rokem +2

      Robot replies.." That is what I was thinking of leaving scratches, dings and dents on humans after I push them down"

    • @patti441
      @patti441 Před rokem +1

      I think they break enough parts and if a Part is not broken there is no use to replace it I don't think the scrapes and dents are left there intentionally

    • @nutbastard
      @nutbastard Před rokem +2

      @@patti441 That's reasonable, but imagine if this were being developed by Apple. No way they'd show it off with blemishes.

  • @victorvanderdrift5006
    @victorvanderdrift5006 Před rokem +1

    As a student graduating on model predictive control, these videos are awesome and inspiring to see!

  • @willecutlip
    @willecutlip Před rokem

    Great team! I can see additional sensors in Atlas' future so he can adapt quicker to changing conditions in his environment. The issue would appear to be how far you can push the envelope regarding the response time for the sensors (how quickly can you close the loop on all sense-response actions). Bravo!!

  • @alexwillette9744
    @alexwillette9744 Před rokem +215

    This is a fantastic exposé on the process! I've shared it with both of my robotics teams! I'm excited to watch them grow and build some robots of their own this year, hopefully they can take some inspiration from this video

    • @davidtwig9970
      @davidtwig9970 Před rokem +2

      No way

    • @yfnhunt
      @yfnhunt Před rokem +2

      hopefully yall do well, i wish yall the best of luck

  • @applechocolate4U
    @applechocolate4U Před rokem +40

    Boston Dynamics is easily, by a huge margin, my favorite company to ever exist. Every time I see one of these demonstrations I'm blown away

    • @edmyeg
      @edmyeg Před rokem +11

      @medved3027 you're very short sighted and not thinking big at all. If you think this is useless now, just wait until the robotic body is paired with the super computer A.I mind to replace you for your job over night. 😉

    • @boss_bonard7573
      @boss_bonard7573 Před rokem +4

      ​​@@medved3027till this is just the first step. Spot is finished in the hardware aspect and can be used autonomously. atlas is still very much in development and i presume they want to finish hardware, balance and recognition before making it autonomous.

    • @SianaGearz
      @SianaGearz Před rokem +1

      @@medved3027 Why? Spot has a decent number of sales doesn't it? It's a good bit short of sustaining the company given the breadth and depth of other projects, but the product must by all reason be doing real work. Not all of it has to be autonomous. Some can be scripted/automated, repetitive tasks; and other tasks may require operator remote, which is still useful in hazardous environments, and it's affordable enough for numerous scenarios.
      Atlas is a long way away from being more useful than Spot, but... well without moonshot projects, you'll just run out of incremental progress you can make.

    • @DR-sv8ke
      @DR-sv8ke Před rokem

      @@medved3027 lol okay, Mister AI.

    • @johnl.7754
      @johnl.7754 Před rokem +1

      @@SianaGearz It’s not profitable which is why its owners have changed couple times over the years. It’s still amazing but not easy to create.

  • @davephillips1263
    @davephillips1263 Před rokem

    One of the very best channels on YT. I recommend it to my high school students (I'm a music instructor) who are doing the robotics course at our local high school. Keep up the terrific work ! :)

  • @frostyj3931
    @frostyj3931 Před rokem

    All these videos make me understand and appreciate how unique living things are. We are complicated yet simple in a way.

  • @resonanceofambition
    @resonanceofambition Před rokem +86

    Gotta say, it looks a lot more fluid in the movement department compared to the last video we saw!

  • @nandosaez7368
    @nandosaez7368 Před rokem +11

    6:45 that Zoidberg dance

  • @djbis
    @djbis Před rokem +3

    "sick trick" at the end was indeed very sick. That landing felt so human. The way it is able to calculate the energy and move in order to arrest the momentum so it doesn't fall is simply sick. This is pure sci-fi becoming reality right before our eyes and we are lucky to be the generation that sees it go from a concept to an actual reality.

  • @Gotenham
    @Gotenham Před rokem

    Thanks for the behind the scenes video, this is awesome!

  • @RatJan
    @RatJan Před rokem +30

    I am envious of the young folks just starting their careers with Boston Dynamics. What utterly amazing work you're doing. I understand you're working with NASA, and I'm hoping to see Atlas running across Mars some day.

  • @GetToThePointAlready
    @GetToThePointAlready Před rokem +69

    Atlas is by far my favorite Boston dynamics robot.

    • @1ceblock
      @1ceblock Před rokem

      mine too

    • @abstratogvm136
      @abstratogvm136 Před rokem +2

      Second best for me, after Spot

    • @Alexey7zz
      @Alexey7zz Před rokem

      but spot... the dog-robot... but what do you say if thay have some cat-robots?:D

    • @mho...
      @mho... Před rokem +1

      Spot is cooler tho!

    • @lolrip818
      @lolrip818 Před rokem +1

      @@mho... can spot do backflips 😂

  • @anindyachatterjee4765

    You people are doing an unbelivable work. I never thought it could be possible.

  • @just5019
    @just5019 Před rokem

    Impressive performance from this robot! I am amazed by its agility and intelligence. I am sure Boston Dynamics is looking for talented individuals to drive this technology further. I would love to bring my skills to the table and be a part of the team!

  • @JeanSantana000
    @JeanSantana000 Před rokem +39

    Boston Dynamics robots are like a time machine to the future. They're so advanced, they're practically from the year 2050. I mean, have you seen the way they move? It's like they're from a science fiction movie. And the best part? They're available now, no need to wait for the future to catch up.
    Written by ChatGPT

    • @rahulbanerjee6635
      @rahulbanerjee6635 Před rokem +1

      2150 yrs

    • @martiddy
      @martiddy Před rokem +4

      In the year 2050, we're gonna have android robots so advanced as the ones from Detroit: Become Human.

    • @Machiavelli2pc
      @Machiavelli2pc Před rokem

      In 2030 we’ll have robots with extremely advanced and powerful actuators that can make true robots/androids that are as strong/stronger whilst being as flexible and agile as humans, together with denser battery breakthroughs and far more advanced ai neural systems enabling robots to be as smart/smarter and capable as humans whilst being able to emulate consciousness. It really is coming, fast. I’m beyond excited. I will say however, I think androids/robots should always be distinct from humans (even androids with human forms) I.e not having human-like skin etc. I wouldn’t mind dating a robot girl lol

  • @skypuppeteer
    @skypuppeteer Před rokem +107

    I'm still in shock--and utterly in love with--how fluidly and life/human-like Atlas has gotten while moving.
    It's so impressive, and my paternal instincts agree, because I can tell that my mind is already trying to pack-bond with 'em. I'm about to become the proud soccer mom for a highly-sophisticated robot-

    • @yourmandom9568
      @yourmandom9568 Před rokem

      Paternal or Maternal? Cant have fatherly instincts and be a soccer mom simultaneously lol

    • @skypuppeteer
      @skypuppeteer Před rokem

      @@yourmandom9568 I was using it kind of like "parental," but words are weird, especially gendered ones

  • @coldbluemptybottle
    @coldbluemptybottle Před rokem

    so amazing! i hope we can live forever to witness how atlas evolve over time.

  • @kevinbledsoe4425
    @kevinbledsoe4425 Před rokem

    Amazing what the team has done bring this machine alive , congratulations 👏

  • @DanielRamirez-go7kc
    @DanielRamirez-go7kc Před rokem +15

    I always feel like engineers of all varieties never get enough credit for the things they create to existence, in which they make are lives easier. They are very important people that change are lives

  • @BioShocq
    @BioShocq Před rokem +67

    Please never stop making videos like this, in this style, it's so good.

    • @ashishsontakke4040
      @ashishsontakke4040 Před rokem

      They are not making videos buddy 😂😂

    • @jwadaow
      @jwadaow Před rokem +1

      @@ashishsontakke4040 This is a video, on a video sharing service.

    • @ashishsontakke4040
      @ashishsontakke4040 Před rokem

      @@jwadaow 😂😂 u didn't get that

    • @kangkimin886
      @kangkimin886 Před rokem +1

      @@jwadaow they are making robot, not video like youtuber that show everything they want for adsense.

  • @MUZZYVR1
    @MUZZYVR1 Před rokem +3

    Atlas is amazing being able to do some impressive things that you wouldn't expect from a robot

  • @ErikS-
    @ErikS- Před rokem +1

    I'm a big fan of Boston Dynamics. And I honestly hope we will get another insanely funny video in the future!

  • @myvt5360
    @myvt5360 Před rokem +11

    This just makes you marvel in the evolution of human anatomy. Look how much knowledge it takes for us to get this close to having a robot mock our movements. Great job to all that dedicated so much time on this project.

    • @carso1500
      @carso1500 Před rokem

      Yeah the diference is that it took nature hundreds of millions of years to get to this point while it's taking us a couple of decades

  • @vynpetrol
    @vynpetrol Před rokem +89

    You guys are absolutely amazing.

  • @easyliving858
    @easyliving858 Před rokem

    I just love to see guys like you who want to make our lives easier.

  • @DoctorX17
    @DoctorX17 Před rokem +23

    The spin-flip was WILD. It’s amazing how gracefully it can do things that pro athletes practice years to do!

    • @mindyours752
      @mindyours752 Před rokem +4

      That right there should be very scary

    • @Kumari_44
      @Kumari_44 Před rokem +1

      @@mindyours752 i literally said this exact same thing in another thread up top.

    • @MaMastoast
      @MaMastoast Před rokem +4

      Why is it very scary ? Robotics can already do things we are incapable of.. we have been using cranes to lift and move heavy things for years

    • @dregga7638
      @dregga7638 Před rokem +1

      @@MaMastoast It is about really specific things, not everything. There are specific things that potentially can be used against you.

    • @DoctorX17
      @DoctorX17 Před rokem +1

      @@MaMastoast the scary thing isn’t the physical capability existing - it’s the fact that the machine is acting on its own more than a human is controlling it. Cranes, heavy construction equipment, things that could easily squish humans, are all operated by humans and human intent; Atlas is given instructions and carries them out on its own. What if an AI were to decide what instructions to send? And what if that AI decides to do things that are bad for humans, and between being able to formulate and execute plans faster and superior power in hardware it decided to destroy humanity? I don’t think it’s likely to happen, but there is something scary about autonomous machines that could take out humans.

  • @SheSweetLikSugarNSavage
    @SheSweetLikSugarNSavage Před rokem +13

    Atlas is super cute to watch. Like watching a child learning to play. Job well done team.

  • @robmasta123
    @robmasta123 Před rokem

    Great to see the behind the scenes people telling what they are doing!

  • @smassey6848
    @smassey6848 Před rokem +1

    Wow these people are brilliant! I can’t quite understand what they are trying to explaining as this goes right over my head. Amazing! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

  • @kenmayer5455
    @kenmayer5455 Před rokem +3

    Followed this for some years now. The progress is amazing!

  • @thorkagemob1297
    @thorkagemob1297 Před rokem +49

    Watching the evolution of you guys in real time on CZcams has been absolutely crazy. It really is incredible and scary at the same time but i have hope we'd have some robot allies among rogue ai's idk maybe i watch too much stuff lmao

  • @SuperRoboMechaChris
    @SuperRoboMechaChris Před rokem

    I appreciate the work gund-arm is doing to make accessible to everyone!

  • @homevids
    @homevids Před rokem

    With regard to cable connection breaks, you can solve this by folding the cable into waves and then casting wax around this part of folded cable. After each maneuver, you can check each medium soft wax block to see where tension is being applied, and where there is excess tension, the wax block will break up releasing the folded cable and so act as suspension and reducing lost connections. This alerts you to tension areas and can stop lost connections. The folds don't have to be many or too big. You can also substitute the wax with a firm elastic clay and then wrap masking tape around the clay to reduce depositing.

  • @sbrown7210
    @sbrown7210 Před rokem +28

    The work that everyone does at Boston Dynamics is always so impressive. I love seeing the Robot updates. Thanks. Look forward to a home version of Spot, tied into home safety and security.

  • @cskhard
    @cskhard Před rokem +10

    The last trick is called a B-Twist! Greatly done, can't wait to see when they do corkscrews haha

  • @deborahsmylie-hi1xe
    @deborahsmylie-hi1xe Před 5 měsíci

    I just recently saw this channel. I love it! Fascinating!!

  • @jannsander
    @jannsander Před rokem +1

    Your Work is without exception exceptional!

  • @chrismullin8304
    @chrismullin8304 Před rokem +3

    Something tells me, the robot is slightly more advanced and capable than they are letting on.
    It warms my heart that future iterations will be used to entertain us, and not off us.

    • @Kumari_44
      @Kumari_44 Před rokem +1

      Youre right chris… now dont panic okay… it’s behind you!

    • @TimeDistortKilo
      @TimeDistortKilo Před rokem +1

      Hell of an assumption

  • @WavyHertZFPV
    @WavyHertZFPV Před rokem +4

    08:36 The Magic Stick is here once again ! 😍

  • @FarmerDanCo
    @FarmerDanCo Před rokem +2

    This is amazing! Hope to meet one of these robots in my lifetime. Great work!

    • @liquidbraino
      @liquidbraino Před rokem

      I'd rather meet Amica. At least you can have a conversation with her.

  • @toastrecon
    @toastrecon Před rokem +18

    Okay, that's pretty amazing! The finding the bag in the environment and then strategizing on how to interact with it is so cool.

  • @leaguen6701
    @leaguen6701 Před rokem +8

    i wish we saw more insight videos i love watching these and the amazing things people are doing.

  • @user-yz4gh8dq3l
    @user-yz4gh8dq3l Před rokem

    Восхищение таким инженерам и программистам... 👏

  • @UserB_tm
    @UserB_tm Před rokem

    Love the behind the scenes stuff. Great video.

  • @desjardinsjp93
    @desjardinsjp93 Před rokem +16

    I know there's a lot of people who are scared of robots and AI but i don't care and i just want to see how far it will go. We're getting closer and closer to robots like ATLAS being able to executee complex commands such as clean the whole house, drive a car from point A to point B, do an open heart surgery, etc. The possibilities are endless and I'm really excited to see how it goes.

    • @martiddy
      @martiddy Před rokem +3

      why have a robot to drive a normal car when we can have robot cars that are self driving?

    • @desjardinsjp93
      @desjardinsjp93 Před rokem +1

      @@martiddy you should ask yourself why not? :p

    • @martiddy
      @martiddy Před rokem +1

      @@desjardinsjp93 Maybe we can have both I guess

    • @ultimategamer2669
      @ultimategamer2669 Před rokem +3

      We could literally use robots to terraform planets and build a dyson sphere. You bet your ass the possibilities are endless.

    • @desjardinsjp93
      @desjardinsjp93 Před rokem +1

      @@martiddy yes we can. Why have just one ahah

  • @AxisCorpsRep
    @AxisCorpsRep Před rokem +10

    one thing i love about the way humans and machines think is their opposite approaches to things inherent to them, for humans, memory and movement are tough to develop, everything requires practice and deliberation to a higher level, while machines can execute them with absolute precision, store a piece of information forever, movements exact and repeatable with no flaw or difficulty to them
    on the opposite end, understanding, adaptability and thought flexibility is something humans do with no problem, how to use something like a car, or understanding a mechanism like a doorknob, you understand what you have to do with not much difficulty, whereas machines have to run entire simulations and pre-determined sequences of information to manipulate that one singular obstacle, and only that, next obstacle is going to require the same if not more preparation

  • @toomasrett3931
    @toomasrett3931 Před rokem

    Your group has been doing a beautiful job 🤗

  • @briancoreas1147
    @briancoreas1147 Před rokem

    Seeing Altas Grow Up Is Amazing. Enjoying From The Caribbean.

  • @BlackjackRL
    @BlackjackRL Před rokem +5

    This is absolutely mind blowing and fantastic! Congrats to all involved!

  • @zekeaffy9647
    @zekeaffy9647 Před rokem +41

    This is truly a magnificent piece of engineering feat

  • @luukasmeisaari784
    @luukasmeisaari784 Před rokem +1

    I’m the biggest fan of you guys!❤️ This is an absolutely amazing achievement in the history of robotics🤩

    • @randymanx2674
      @randymanx2674 Před 11 měsíci

      Too bad it’s not real…

    • @beppiseppi8583
      @beppiseppi8583 Před 6 měsíci

      ​@@randymanx2674
      Can you elaborate?🤔

    • @randymanx2674
      @randymanx2674 Před 6 měsíci

      @@beppiseppi8583 Yes. There’s not a robot out there with movement this fast and fluid.. This video is a CGI fake of what they wish it couldn’t do.. Go watch a lot of ‘robotics’ videos, nothing moves this smooth and rapidly, nothing..

  • @MysteryTacoo
    @MysteryTacoo Před rokem

    What!? I didn’t know how much was actual real time calculations (or whatever you would call it).
    I thought it was all super super specificity setup and it’s kind of going blind. Seeing this… amazing work.

  • @udontseethetruth
    @udontseethetruth Před rokem +3

    Every time i watch one of the Boston Dynamics update videos, i feel more hopeful for the future of humanity. And a little bit more scared. Especially with that ''sick trick'' :)

  • @kiradead666
    @kiradead666 Před rokem +7

    The Atlas knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't. By subtracting where it is from where it isn't, or where it isn't from where it is (whichever is greater), it obtains a difference, or deviation. The guidance subsystem uses deviations to generate corrective commands to drive the Atlas from a position where it is to a position where it isn't, and arriving at a position where it wasn't, it now is. Consequently, the position where it is, is now the position that it wasn't, and it follows that the position that it was, is now the position that it isn't.
    In the event that the position that it is in is not the position that it wasn't, the system has acquired a variation, the variation being the difference between where the Atlas is, and where it wasn't. If variation is considered to be a significant factor, it too may be corrected by the GEA. However, the Atlas must also know where it was.
    The Atlas guidance computer scenario works as follows. Because a variation has modified some of the information the missile has obtained, it is not sure just where it is. However, it is sure where it isn't, within reason, and it knows where it was. It now subtracts where it should be from where it wasn't, or vice-versa, and by differentiating this from the algebraic sum of where it shouldn't be, and where it was, it is able to obtain the deviation and its variation, which is called error

  • @wobmaster
    @wobmaster Před rokem

    when I first saw your boston dynamics dog was pretty cool but the tech you make now is amazing Atlas moves almost like a complete sentient animal

  • @Professionalyoutubeviewer

    It’s so bittersweet, to be alive during a time where we can hypothesize and begin to create such amazing things but knowing you won’t live to experience and interact with them yourself. I suppose it’s just a part of the human condition, there would always be things I wouldn’t get to experience regardless when my life occurred, but to have witnessed the birth of such technologies as this it’s especially disheartening knowing I’ll never get to thoroughly experience it myself.

    • @magicmarcell
      @magicmarcell Před rokem +1

      Who knows. Things accelerate fast and faster and some jumps are massive

  • @WeepingHoney
    @WeepingHoney Před rokem +3

    The parallels between this and the hacksmith’s recent hexapod video are not lost on me, only vindicates their efforts more. What a fascinating era.

  • @DutchThackers
    @DutchThackers Před rokem +3

    Amazing to see the progress. Very exciting. Been fantastic watching the development since the beginning.
    Jakob sounds like zoolander. Took me a while to work out who he sounded like.

  • @Nevakonaza.
    @Nevakonaza. Před rokem +9

    Absolutely amazing work done by Boston Dynamics,Wow what a team. .im just shocked at how advanced this machine really is and its movement is incredible,I giggled when Atlas fell off at 7:06 and fell into a position of "Ahhhh That hurts so bad" :D

    • @m0arf
      @m0arf Před rokem +1

      I was waiting for the "ssssssss... aaaaaaaahhhh... sssssssss... aaaaaaaaah" like Peter Griffin when he falls and hurts his knee 😂🙈

    • @Nevakonaza.
      @Nevakonaza. Před rokem +1

      @@m0arf hahaha,They'll take revenge soon on all the punishment they've been put through :D

    • @m0arf
      @m0arf Před rokem

      @@Nevakonaza. they will for sure 😅and rightly so!

  • @Amanda-cd6dm
    @Amanda-cd6dm Před rokem

    I find all of this very intriguing not only will this save lives it's also very cool to watch

  • @TheKragar
    @TheKragar Před rokem +4

    Atlas looks cool and it's not creepy to watch it move, the robot dogs though.... those things still weird me out with the the way they move.
    Very informative video, well spoken and easily comprehended without feeling dumbed down. Excellent work you all are doing in the research field as well as the presentation of the field of robotics/ai for the masses. (I assume based on the video that it's robot learning about it's environment and not a preprogrammed course you script it to run purely by human design.)

  • @thev01d85
    @thev01d85 Před rokem +22

    For those interested, the "sick flip" closely resembles a butterfly twist, or b-twist.
    It's a little different because it doesn't need something such as the heel driving up because it's got powerful hydraulics.

  • @khashayarmodaberi4958
    @khashayarmodaberi4958 Před 9 měsíci

    No Pain No Gain💪🏻💪🏻
    Your endeavors and perspectives are great and so adorable👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻😊

  • @PirateOfTheNorth
    @PirateOfTheNorth Před rokem +4

    This is mind blowing. Well done team!

  • @amazeddude1780
    @amazeddude1780 Před rokem +8

    When an average human thinks about the repertoire of actions they can execute, that is a small fraction of what expert athletes are capable of doing. Watching Atlas in this short video, I wondered about how someone skilled in parkour might approach things. Seemingly bound for certain disaster is just the lead-in for a fantastic recovery.

  • @paulborneo7535
    @paulborneo7535 Před rokem

    Gonna be fun to watch your continuing progress. Look out behind you there's Optimus!

  • @vvan222
    @vvan222 Před rokem

    So amazing! Thanks so much for explaining.

  • @livangooday
    @livangooday Před rokem +3

    Geniuses making history! Well integrated team for sure !

  • @burtonlee22
    @burtonlee22 Před rokem +3

    You guys have one of the best jobs in the world. Your grandkids will be proud of you

  • @tomhacks1851
    @tomhacks1851 Před rokem

    Wow this is amazing. Awesome team.