Boston Dynamics' Atlas Demonstrates Full-Body Control Technology, 'Lifts 23kg Refrigerator in One Go'

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Boston Dynamics released a video demonstrating its humanoid robot Atlas performing full-body control by lifting and carrying a small refrigerator intact.

The video is significant as it proves Atlas's ability to manipulate external objects and its precise full-body control capabilities required in real-world work environments ahead of its deployment at Hyundai Motor Group's actual automotive production sites. In the demonstration, Atlas bent its knees halfway to lift a small refrigerator weighing 23kg, stabilized the object with both arms while maintaining its center of gravity, and moved it to a designated table.

Upon reaching the destination, Atlas successfully executed a high-difficulty full-body control maneuver by rotating its upper body 180 degrees without moving its feet, safely placing the refrigerator on the table. According to Boston Dynamics, Atlas was trained to repeatedly perform these movements in a virtual space through large-scale simulation-based reinforcement learning, enabling it to develop complex task planning and execution capabilities within just a few weeks and implement them in real-world environments.

Based on this reinforcement learning technique, Atlas acquired a series of motor abilities to independently recognize its surroundings and the refrigerator's location, approach, and move it. After undergoing simulation training, it successfully transported refrigerators weighing not only 23kg but also up to 45kg in the real world. The Atlas featured in this video is not merely a research model but the latest model developed with actual industrial commercialization in mind, characterized by high performance and component compatibility.

The core drive components applied to the robot, actuators, have been standardized into just two types, and both arms and both legs are designed with the same symmetrical structure to maximize maintenance convenience and parts replacement efficiency. Boston Dynamics expects that this standardized design will achieve cost efficiency based on economies of scale during mass production and plans to continue advancing technology to deploy Atlas in actual industrial sites in the future.

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