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Robot With New Abilities Caused Fear This Week Around The World

Written by Paulo Nogueira
Published on 14/10/2018 at 06:43
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With Incredible New Obstacle-Clearing Skills And Movements That Are Difficult To Execute Even For Humans, The Atlas Robot Raised The Question Of A Possible “Revolution Of The Machines” In The Near Future

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People Fear That An Inevitable Robot Uprising Could Happen At Any Moment, But They Might Find Some Comfort In The Fact That, Although The Robots Themselves May Be Strong, Tireless, And Impervious To Pain, They Are Still Very Clumsy. They Have Difficulty Detecting Obstacles And Have Only Recently Mastered The Art Of Climbing Stairs. Or, At Least, We Could Have Found Some Small Comfort In This Until Yesterday(10).

Of Course, We Are Referring To The Recently Released Footage Of Atlas, The Invention Of The Secret Robotics Company Boston Dynamics, Which Shows Atlas Skillfully Navigating Obstacles In A Form Of Parkour (Parkour!). If You Were Hoping That Elevation Or A Complicated Ascent Would Be Enough To Protect You From Atlas’s Wrath, Think Again.

People Were Quick To Point Out The Terminator As The Technology’s Implications, Including A Particularly Representative Tweet From Podcast Host And Popular Twitter User Patrick Monahan.

Atlas Is One Of The Most Sophisticated Humanoid Robots In The World, Designed To Navigate Situations And Landscapes Designed To Accommodate Humans. It Can Right Itself And Get Up When It Falls, And Carry Up To 11 Kilograms, According To The Boston Dynamics Website.

When Atlas Last Appeared On The Internet, It Was Not As Agile As It Is Now, But It Was Still Quite Impressive. In The Viral Video From Last November, Atlas Performed A Backflip Followed By A Similarly Intimidating Lunge.

Although Atlas Does Not Yet Have Many Real-World Applications At This Time, Boston Dynamics Is Working Hard To Find Industrial Applications For Its Vision, Imposing Robots, Incredibly Agile Robots, Especially In Construction. On Thursday, The Company Also Released Some New Footage Of SpotMini, A Puppy-Like Robot Being Trained To Navigate Construction Sites.

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Paulo Nogueira

Graduated in Electrical Engineering from one of the country's technical education institutions, the Instituto Federal Fluminense - IFF (formerly CEFET), he worked for several years in the offshore oil and gas, energy, and construction sectors. Today, with over 8,000 publications in online magazines and blogs on the energy sector, the focus is to provide real-time information on the Brazilian job market, macro and microeconomics, and entrepreneurship. For questions, suggestions, and corrections, please contact us at informe@clickpetroleoegas.com.br. Please note that we do not accept resumes at this contact.

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