Atlas Humanoid Robot Learns To Fall Without Experiencing Damage

Atlas robot as you want to stand up (photo: X @BostonDynamics)

JAKARTA Boston Dynamics, an American robotics developer, introduced a humanoid robot with an electrical joints some time ago. This highly flexible walking robot was named Atlas. Electrical version of Atlas is a substitute for a hydraulic Atlas that retired the day before the latest generation of Atlas was launched. When announcing the news of its retirement of the first Atlas, Boston shared a farewell video showing how Atlas learned. The video entitledarewell to HD Atlas shows a number of mistakes made by Atlas, which is that it falls either in a unevenland or at the time of jumping. This shows a shortage of such humanoidal robots. By sharing the fact that Atlas often falls, Boston can damage the image of the robot. However, the company does not appear afraid of transparency of Atlas's activities because the robot was designed not to be damaged even though it fell. "We are not afraid of falling," said Boston Dynamics CTO, Aaron Saunders, to the IEEE Spectrum, quoted via TechCrunch. "We don't treat robots (Atlas) as if robots will break all the time." Saunders said that the fall of robots was inevitable and Atlas fell very often. Compared to teaching robots not to fall, Boston corrected Atlas's design so that it could fall without making its components broken.

"Our robot has often fallen, and one of the things we have decided for a long time is that we need to make robots that can fall without breaking. You can go through a cycle pushing your robot towards failure, studying such failures, and correcting it," explains Saunders. Humanoid robot efforts to rise after falling are already visible in the video of the electric Atlas launch. Videos shared on Boston Dynamics' official social media show an electric Atlas that can easily wake up. Prior to the launch of the Atlas, the CEO of Boston Dynamics told TechCrunch that they designed Atlas to get up in a position. This robot will rely on both legs to get back up.