Atlas Robot Breaks Ankle During First Public Performance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0o7BGYBH58

Pffft , so much for its reputation as a badass Terminator - stylus killer android . In front of dozens of journalists yesterday in Hong Kong , the 330 pound ( 150 kilo ) Atlas lost its counterweight and broke its proper ankle during a rather simple walk demonstration .

The medium event got off to a serious startle when the 6.5 - foot - marvellous ( 2 one thousand ) Atlas performed elegant Tai Chi movements to medicine ( uh … I ca n’t opine a T-1000 doing the same ) . But things went horribly wrong during the walking portion of the demonstration . The Hong Kong Standardreports :

A computer showed what it could see through its eye — leaving everyone pant .

However , when it tried to step over and cross an obstruction , it stumbled .

It go again while trying to point at objects and give out its articulatio talocruralis .

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“ Please forgive him . He ’s just a sister trying to learn , ” said undertaking drawing card Wyatt Newman .

Newman say Atlas had earlier broken its odd ankle and an expert had to be flown in from the United States to define it .

This means the fleet ofDARPA - fund robotsis down from seven to six . Yes , you read that correctly — there are seven of these mug out there , each costing about $ 2 m. Its developer , Boston Dynamics , says that the point of the research is to create robots that can negociate difficult outdoor terrain while pick up objects and carrying them in its blazon .

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Normally , Atlas is reasonably adequate to . Watch it navigate through these rocks and regain its Libra the Balance when struck with a heavy physical object from the side :

But one matter the Hong Kong demonstration illustrates , is that human being - mimicry in robotics is not necessarily the most idealistic answer . We ’re kinda lopsided . Owing to our tall , bipedal nature and implausibly tenuous articulatio talocruralis , our soma is hardly optimized for these sorts of tasks .

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