In a new Boston Dynamics video, a four-legged robot ducks under tables and walks up stairs; it does the dishes with a giraffe neck and weird dinosaur head. It jogs down the hall and slips on banana peels. (Robots are rapidly surpassing humans at slapstick.) But when it shows off its flexibility? Wow.
Gold medal. As Gizmodo commenter lostEngineer so aptly put it: "The robot apocalypse sure does look funky." Boston Dynamics is already well-known for its robot... read more