With each passing month, it seems the robots get stronger, smarter and more agile. The smoothness by which Atlas climbs the structure is impressive and, as many human citizens of the internet point out, scary. The question is why is Boston Dynamics doing this? Seriously, though, the company’s bots have some exciting real-world applications ― hence why they test many of their machines outside. Boston Dynamics, which began as a spin-off from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, also released a video Thursday showing their four-legged robot “Spot” successfully navigating around an obstacle-heavy Tokyo construction site.

Source: Huffington Post October 13, 2018 21:11 UTC