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Robotics

What it is

Boston Dynamics shows its Atlas humanoid robots running a parkour course with jumps, balance beams and vaults, demonstrating whole-body athletic control.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN uses it as the benchmark for state-of-the-art humanoid robot mobility in discussions of Tesla Bot and robotics progress.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “it look like sci-fi to me”

    Latest Atlas demo looks like science fiction.

    SXX, 2022-12 · Strong recommendation · in “Xiaomi’s Humanoid Drummer Beats Expectations”

  2. “Just ridiculous how far things have come, it seems fake it's so far along.”

    Shows how far robot movement has come, so advanced it seems fake.

    sergiotapia, 2021-08 · Recommendation · in “Tesla Announces a Humanoid Robot “Tesla Bot””

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: boston dynamics, atlas, parkour, legged robots, humanoid robots

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