Boston Dynamics reveals how Atlas lifts 100-pound industrial loads
Boston Dynamics said Atlas practiced the task for millions of simulation hours and can lift loads of 50 to 110 pounds, the company said.
- On Monday, Boston Dynamics released technical videos demonstrating how Atlas humanoid robot uses reinforcement learning and millions of simulation hours to master heavy industrial lifting tasks.
- Training Atlas through reinforcement learning on Graphics Processing Units helped bridge the 'sim-to-real gap,' allowing the robot to adapt in real time to unstable loads and changing environmental conditions.
- Researchers trained the platform on 50-70 pound loads, though it successfully moved a fridge weighing more than 100 pounds during lab testing. Boston Dynamics Atlas Controls Associate Director Benjamin Stephens noted, 'Put your whole body into it, was kind of the idea.'
- Hyundai Motor Group announced Tuesday plans to deploy more than 25,000 Atlas robots across its manufacturing facilities by 2028, aiming to produce more than 300,000 actuator units annually at United States factories.
- Designed as a general-purpose tool for industrial environments, Atlas marks a shift from choreographed movements to adaptable behaviors. 'We have not seen the limits of what Atlas can do,' said Atlas Software Engineer Shane Rozen-Levy.
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Hyundai Motor Releases Video of Atlas Lifting and Carrying a 23kg Refrigerator Boston Dynamics, a robotics subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Group, released a video on its official YouTube channel on the 18th (local time) showing its humanoid robot Atlas lifting and moving an entire small refrigerator. Atlas is set to be deployed to Hyundai Motor Group's production sites.
Boston Dynamics reveals how Atlas lifts 100-pound industrial loads
Boston Dynamics has revealed how its Atlas humanoid robot learned to lift and carry heavy industrial objects using reinforcement learning and large-scale simulation training. In a newly released technical blog, the robotics company showed Atlas rotating its torso 180 degrees, squatting to pick up a mini-fridge, and carrying it across a lab floor while adjusting to shifting weight inside the object. The company said the behavior was developed wit…
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Robotics specialist Boston Dynamics is preparing its humanoid model Atlas for heavy work in factories. Machine learning and improved body perception enable the machine to easily lift weights of over 45 kilograms. (Continue reading)
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