Atlas (robot)

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Atlas Next Generation (2016)

Atlas is a beginning of Boston Dynamics and later by Softbank more advanced humanoid robot .

The robot was first presented to the public in 2013 and should initially only be used in disaster situations where humans cannot survive. Later he was taught other (civil) skills (such as following on the side of a person, a back flip or a handstand ).

history

Atlas (2013)

The 1.90 meter tall and 150 kilogram heavy robot was initially presented to the public on July 11, 2013 and was developed by Boston Dynamics on behalf of the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) . The previously more military-oriented company was taken over in 2017 by the more civilly oriented Japanese telecommunications and media group Softbank .

Atlas was designed as a follow- up project to the Petman robot (short for Protection Ensemble Test Mannequin ), also developed by Boston Dynamics . At that time, Atlas had four hydraulically moving limbs with 28 degrees of freedom . One hand was developed by Sandia National Laboratories and the other by iRobot . Atlas also had two visual systems - a stereo camera and a laser - rangefinder .

Several Atlas robots, programmed by various research groups, competed with other participants in the DARPA Robotics Challenge , which began in October 2012 and ended in June 2015. Tasks had to be solved that had to be dealt with in the event of a disaster, such as getting into a vehicle, driving over rubble to a destination, clearing away debris, opening a door, penetrating a wall to a valve and closing it. The winners received $ 2 million in prize money.

The next generation of humanoid Atlas robots achieves animal-like agility similar to the previously designed robot dogs of the BigDog series.

In 2016 a successor model was presented with the so-called Atlas Next Generation . It is slightly smaller (175 cm) and weighs 81 kg, about half of the first model. The mechanics are operated hydraulically. Electrical energy is supplied by an accumulator built into the upper body . A lidar and stereo cameras are housed in the “head” . Sensors in the upper body and legs provide data on how to maintain balance. Similar to BigDog , the robot can compensate for shocks and, if necessary, stand up again independently. Atlas can move freely both in buildings and in the field. Moreover, it can easily pan and suitably prepared ( disabled ) doors (without doorknob or even turning knob) open and items - such as 10 pounds ( lat. Lbs ) heavy boxes or [Papp] boxes - take and give it to a shelf. At the end of 2017, Atlas managed to jump over boxes, perform a half-turn in the jump and jump backwards from a standing position.

In October 2018, Atlas was able to complete a parkour , jump over a log from the run and then overcome various, stair-like height differences in alternating circular movements.

Film documentaries

Web links

Commons : Atlas (robot)  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Atlas (English) - developer site

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c John Markoff: Modest Debut of Atlas May Foreshadow Age of 'Robo Sapiens' (English) - New York Times , July 11, 2013.
  2. ↑ go for a walk with the robot Atlas - Heise , on July 20, 2016
  3. ↑ a b Atlas, The Next Generation (American-English) - short film (2:41) by Boston Dynamics published on YouTube on February 23, 2016
  4. ↑ a b Two-legged robot Atlas does somersault backwards - written by Tilman Wittenhorst and published by Heise on November 18, 2017
  5. ↑ Boston Dynamics: Robot Atlas Can Handstand and Forward Roll - Heise , on September 26, 2019
  6. Jump up ↑ Boston Dynamics: Terminator for Rebuilding (page 1 of 2 ) - Golem , July 12, 2013
  7. ↑ Martin Kölling: Technology company Boston Dynamics: Japan's Softbank buys Google's robot forge | NZZ . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . June 9, 2017, ISSN  0376-6829 ( nzz.ch [accessed October 25, 2017]).
  8. ↑ a b Tim Hornyak: Be afraid: DARPA unveils Terminator-like Atlas robot (English) - CNET , on July 11, 2013.
  9. ↑ Emi Kolawole: What if this ATLAS shrugged? - DARPA unveils new humanoid robot , Washington Post , July 12, 2013 (English)
  10. ^ Humanoid Robots - Boston Dynamics' Marc Raibert on Next-Gen ATLAS: "A Huge Amount of Work". In: IEEE Spectrum. February 24, 2016.
  11. ↑ Daniel AJ Sokolov (ds): New Atlas robot is stable and phlegmatic. Heise , February 24, 2016, accessed on January 22, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Bernd Mewes: Boston Dynamics: Robot Atlas makes parkour. Heise , October 12, 2018, accessed on January 22, 2020 (there literally with “ alternating cyclical movement”).