One of the world's most advanced humanoid robots has been all play and no work. Boston Dynamics' Atlas is famous for backflips, parkour, and dance mobs. These require extremely impressive robotic control, but they're also mostly fun research demos.

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Robotics company Boston Dynamics has shared a new video of its latest-generation humanoid robot, Atlas, doing forward rolls, cartwheels, and army crawls. In a particularly made-to-go-viral moment, the lanky robot throws in a flashy breakdancing move known ...

Boston Dynamics, the 32-year-old company famed for its amusing or creepy (depending on your interpretation) advanced robots including Atlas (humanoid) and Spot (a dog-like quadruped) featured in viral videos over the years showing off their acrobatic ...