Tweet of the Day, …Sure, Okay, Let’s Teach Robots How to Parkour edition.

Why the hell not? Surely it’ll never end in murderbots doing jumpy-flippy stuff in the abandoned streets of post-apocalyptic Newark.

…Hrm.

Parkour is the perfect sandbox for the Atlas team to experiment with new behaviors. Through jumps, balance beams, and vaults, we push Atlas to its limits to discover the next generation of mobility, perception, and athletic intelligence. https://t.co/xZRNVnhrkc pic.twitter.com/E0ssh45ZCi
— Boston Dynamics (@BostonDynamics) August 17, 2021

One thought on “Tweet of the Day, …Sure, Okay, Let’s Teach Robots How to Parkour edition.”

It could be the coming of a robot apocalypse, OR, it could be the very first step in creating a battlemech or some real, workable power armor. And if we’re really lucky, that power armor will have an art deco, retro aesthetic.

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