From Julia Fox to Kamala Harris, many celebrities are embracing the ‘Brat Summer’ trend.
Now, a rather unexpected figure has hopped on Charli XCX’s bandwagon – Boston Dynamics’ humanoid robot, Atlas.
Boston Dynamics has posted a new video showing the bot performing press-ups to Charli XCX’s song, 360.
The tech giant jokingly captioned the video ‘BRATlas’, in reference to Charli XCX’s album.
‘Get that full burpee going, Atlas slackin!’ one user joked, while another added: ‘The robot is better at doing push-ups than me.’
A rather unexpected figure has hopped on Charli XCX’s bandwagon – Boston Dynamics’ humanoid robot, Atlas
Atlas is Boston Dynamics’ humanoid robot, and is described by the firm as ‘the world’s most dynamic robot.’
The robot is fully electric and features an advanced control system and state-of-the-art hardware.
This gives it the power and balance to demonstrate advanced athletics and agility.
‘We use Atlas to explore the potential of the humanoid form factor, leveraging the robot’s whole body to move with grace, speed, and dexterity,’ Boston Dynamics explains on its website.
‘Atlas demonstrates our efforts to develop the next generation of robots with the mobility, perception, and intelligence needed to be commonplace in our lives.’
In the new video, Atlas plants its feet wide apart, before squatting down and placing its hands on the floor. It jumps its feet back, before performing eight impressive push-ups
The movements are impressively human-like, and have been praised by hundreds of fans in the comments
In the new video, Atlas plants its feet wide apart, before squatting down and placing its hands on the floor.
It jumps its feet back, before performing eight impressive push-ups.
Finally, its jumps its feet back in, before returning to a standing position.
The movements are impressively human-like, and have been praised by hundreds of fans in the comments.
‘I think this is a compliment, but with the last one, I could definitely 100% tell it was a real robot,’ one user wrote.
‘This one I’m like 95% charts a real robot and 5% sure that it’s a person. So good job I guess.’
Another added: ‘You thought you could slip this one under the radar, huh BD? Amazing form on that pushup!’
And one joked: ‘I can only dream of squat depth that deep.’
WHAT IS BOSTON DYNAMICS’ ATLAS HUMANOID ROBOT?
Atlas the most human-like robot in Boston Dynamic’s line-up.
It was first unveiled to the public on 11 July 11 2013.
According to the company, Atlas is a ‘high mobility, humanoid robot designed to negotiate outdoor, rough terrain’.
Atlas measures 1.5m (4.9ft) tall and weighs 75kg (11.8st).
The humanoid walks on two legs, leaving its arms free to lift, carry, and manipulate objects in its environment.
Atlas is able to hold its balance when it is jostled or pushed by an external force. Should it fall over, the humanoid robot is capable of getting up again on its own
Stereo vision, range sensing and other sensors allow Atlas to walk across rough terrain and keep its balance.
‘In extremely challenging terrain, Atlas is strong and coordinated enough to climb using hands and feet, to pick its way through congested spaces,’ Boston Dynamics claims.
Atlas is able to hold its balance when it is jostled or pushed.
If the humanoid robot should fall over, it can get up on its own.
Atlas is designed to help emergency services in search and rescue operations.
The robot will be used to shut-off valves, opening doors and operate powered equipment in environments where human rescuers could not survive.
The US Department of Defence said it has no interest in using Atlas in warfare.
Atlas is capable of —
- Standing up after falling over
- Running
- Balancing on a narrow beam
- Cleaning, including vacuuming and sweeping
- Karate kick
- Throwing a paper aeroplane
