Gossip Destiny: Editor's Pick: Atlas Robot Turns the Other Cheek

Thursday, 25 February 2016

Editor's Pick: Atlas Robot Turns the Other Cheek

Quinten Plummer
Feb 25, 2016 5:00 AM PT

Google-owned Boston Dynamics on Tuesday gave the world a look at the latest version of Atlas, a bipedal robot that someday could threaten manual laborers' livelihoods. Boston Dynamics certainly didn't say or imply that the fast-progressing Atlas robot would force humans out of their jobs. The clandestine group merely demonstrated the latest build of the bot, and gave it a cringeworthy battering. [More...]

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