Boston Dynamics Led a Robot Revolution. Now Its Machines Are Teaching Themselves New Tricks

Mark Raibert, founding and chairman Boston dynamicsgave the world a menagerie of two and four-legged cars capable of falling the jaw Parkourcontagious Dance Daysand and hard work shelving.

Raibert now leads a revolution in robot intelligence, as well as the acrobatic area. And he says that last progress is bench He accelerated his robots to learn how to fulfill the difficult movements without human help. “Hopefully, we will be able to get more behavior without seizing everything he does,” Raiberert said to me recently.

Boston Dynamicics can be puzzled robots, but now it is part of a crowded company that offers robot dogs and humanoids. Only this week, a beginner showed a start Probably a new humanoid that can empty groceries. Another company showed a muscular-looking person named X1, Neo Gamma to do things around the house. Third, AppTronic, said that it planned Measure its production Humanoid of Apollo. The demos can also be wrong, although. In addition, several companies announce how much their humanoids have completed and many of them are really expected to sell as a home assistant.

The real test for these robots is able to do, regardless of the human program and direct control. It will depend on progress as Raibert Touting. I wrote about last november Efforts to create completely new models to control the robots. If this work begins to bear fruit, we can develop humanoids and quadrants faster.

Boston sells a four-legged robot called Dynamics Stain This is used in oil facilities, construction sites and other places to combat the territory of the tires. The company also calls a humanoid Atlas for research. Raibert says the Boston dynamics uses one Artificial intelligence technique Acceleration learning is called to learn to move the location to increase the ability to work three times faster. The same method also helps Atlas walk with more confidence, says Raiberert.