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Meet DARPAs real-world Terminator, Atlas
2013-07-12 13:15:52| Extremetech
DARPA and Boston Dynamics have unveiled their most advanced humanoid robot yet: Atlas. At 6'2" and 330lbs, Atlas is incredibly imposing; with 28 hydraulically actuated joints, LIDAR and stereo vision, a beefy on-board computer, and some of the most advanced robotic limbs ever conceived, Atlas is remarkably human-like in its behavior. While Atlas is initially conceived as a disaster response robot, such as cleaning up and looking for survivors at after a Fukushima-like disaster, it's easy to imagine Atlas being the basis of a robotic army, supported by BigDog mules.
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