Boston Dynamics’ Newest Robot Moves Like a Donkey on Rollerblades

We catch our first coup d’oeil of Boston Dynamics ’ newest robot about a calendar month agoafter footage leaked from a presentationgiven by Marc Raibert , the company ’s founder . But today we finally have the first official reveal of Handle , and the new video recording will make you like you also had wheels instead of pes .

The leaked footage of Handlealready divulge the robot ’s awe-inspiring jump abilities , as it well leaped over an obstruction without have to slow down down at all . But the extended cut show off even more of the two - legged automaton ’s capabilities . Apparently , the movie RoboCop give us a false sense of security when it came to a robot ’s unfitness to handle stairs . Instead of collapsing like ED-209 did , Handle rolls down a pocket-size flight of tone like they ’re nothing more than a incline .

As with almost all of Boston Dynamics ’ creations , there are no plans to put Handle into production just yet . Instead , the automaton is yet another research project built to demonstrate that when design bots , copy every aspect of a homo is n’t always the best coming . Handle might stand on two legs , but by balancing on a twain of rack , the golem can hit a top speed of nine miles per hour and skip four feet vertically , despite weighing one C of pounds .

The robot ’s singular design allow it to navigate a world that ’s been mostly contrive for creatures that take the air on two legs while giving it much greater pep pill on flat surfaces . Handle was also establish with just ten mechanize joints , making it much simpler than other Boston Dynamic robots likeAtlas . Which signify that once the fellowship does start betray robots like these , they might not come with a monetary value rag want a military - sized budget to afford .

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