Atlas, Spot and some other Boston Dynamics robots demonstrate why they are the most advanced in terms of movements at this point. In the latest video published by the company they forget about the jumps and other pirouettes to delight you with a choreography worthy of the best musicals . Yes, watching them dance is quite a show.
From parkour to choreography
Boston Dynamics robots have been surprising for years with their motor skills . What began as devices capable of walking in a somewhat crude way has become a spectacle that video after video published demonstrated all their skills.
In this way, we have seen how they performed runs, different gymnastic movements, cartwheels and even parkour. All this without forgetting many other actions related to day to day such as opening doors or washing dishes. With each and every one of these demonstrations it was clear that few robots could surpass them , if there were any, at the mobility level . But with the last one it has already been the most.
In the last video uploaded and published by Boston Dynamics on different social networks you can see how Spot (the canine-shaped robot), Atlas (the most humanoid of all) and Handle, that other lesser-known proposal that is a kind of cart with a giraffe-like neck they mark a choreography worthy of the best Broadway musicals . And if you don’t believe us and it so happens that you haven’t seen them in motion yet, hit play on the next video.
To the rhythm of “Do you love me” by the group The Contours, a true classic where they exist, the four Boston Dynamics robots perform a very well synchronized choreography full of movements that in some cases would cost many of us much more than to them. And not because we can’t, but because we have to admit that not everyone has the same grace when it comes to dancing. Although it is also true that seeing how a robot moves with more flow than one… gives you to think for a while.
The video is a real spectacle and if by any chance you have been following the company’s progress on these issues, you cannot help but be surprised by everything that has been achieved. As we said before, from those first videos until now many things have changed, not only the quality of the recorded material, but also the response capacities of each of the robots. Spot has always been surprising, but the Atlas thing reaches a point where it is even easy to empathize with him and treat him as something more than a simple robot.
After the dance, what’s next?
In short, there will be those who are a bit scared of these advances. Even more so if they are combined with artificial intelligence and we imagine who will be predicting the end of the world based on a legion of robots of this type, but the truth is that beyond the striking of their demonstrations or this dance, the advance in terms of robots it is still important for the future and various dangerous tasks where it is better to send a machine than a person.
However, all this will be seen as the years go by. For now, stick with this choreography that you will surely want to see again. A curious way to close a year that has been, to say the least, busy.
By the way, Spot must also say that a few months ago another dance was marked. This time with the theme of Uptwon in the background.
