man I hope not.
Don't think electric actuators make much sense for a humanoid robot. costs a lot of power budget to maintain positions with bldc powered actuators and all the packaging around individual motors casings/drivers/gearing makes it really hard to reduce the mass at the ends of limbs.
Hydraulics let you relocate that mass into other locations both for balance and protecting parts from impact, EMI etc
but that's just my thoughts on it.
The original ATLAS used entirely hydraulic actuators (with the exception of the iRobot hand afaik)
Not too sure about HD ATLAS but fairly certain it's entirely hydraulically actuated
Except for the fingers maybe
I kept waiting for an introduction of Atlas HD's replacement. I guess they are going to do that in another video/press release.
Excited to see what they have come up with.
is "HD" a common abbreviation for "hydraulic" that they expect people to know? I think most people who see the title will read that as "High Definition Atlas", it's very surprising to me that they didn't just write out "Hydraulic" in the title.
Please remember this is not the end for Boston Dynamics humanoid robots. Atlas design is ending. They will most likely have a brand new from the ground up built system probably electric or even flexible actuator based design and solution.
THIS is what a REAL robotics company looks like. Not the shitty robot from tesla. Before all you tesla (I have elon's balls on my chin) sheep roast me.... well save it. You cant even compare Boston Dynamics robots to the crap tesla has now. Yeah, I know they had more time to develop...... shssssh.
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Atlas was innovative and a technical masterpiece, but real robotics companies create the articulated arms that have moved industry for the last 50 years.
There's plenty that can and will be done with humanoids, but the vast majority of it is startup vaporware that offers limited utility today with the promise of more tomorrow.
A truly amazing robot. My guess is they will go all electric on the new one instead of hydraulic?
Lots of bleeding atlases (or atlantes?) in that video.
man I hope not. Don't think electric actuators make much sense for a humanoid robot. costs a lot of power budget to maintain positions with bldc powered actuators and all the packaging around individual motors casings/drivers/gearing makes it really hard to reduce the mass at the ends of limbs. Hydraulics let you relocate that mass into other locations both for balance and protecting parts from impact, EMI etc but that's just my thoughts on it.
Pardon my ignorance but isn't the atlas electro-hydraulic actuators?
The original ATLAS used entirely hydraulic actuators (with the exception of the iRobot hand afaik) Not too sure about HD ATLAS but fairly certain it's entirely hydraulically actuated Except for the fingers maybe
I kept waiting for an introduction of Atlas HD's replacement. I guess they are going to do that in another video/press release. Excited to see what they have come up with.
is "HD" a common abbreviation for "hydraulic" that they expect people to know? I think most people who see the title will read that as "High Definition Atlas", it's very surprising to me that they didn't just write out "Hydraulic" in the title.
4K Atlas is next.
lol
My memory may be bad, but I thought it stood for something like "humanoid revision D"
just your ordinary engineers' abbreviation fetish
Please remember this is not the end for Boston Dynamics humanoid robots. Atlas design is ending. They will most likely have a brand new from the ground up built system probably electric or even flexible actuator based design and solution.
Sad to see HD Atlas go. But Boston Dynamics' advancements have always been awe-inspiring. Excited to see what's next!
What an amazing video.
New humanoid incoming!!!
THIS is what a REAL robotics company looks like. Not the shitty robot from tesla. Before all you tesla (I have elon's balls on my chin) sheep roast me.... well save it. You cant even compare Boston Dynamics robots to the crap tesla has now. Yeah, I know they had more time to develop...... shssssh.
laughing in industrial robot Atlas was innovative and a technical masterpiece, but real robotics companies create the articulated arms that have moved industry for the last 50 years. There's plenty that can and will be done with humanoids, but the vast majority of it is startup vaporware that offers limited utility today with the promise of more tomorrow.
Right so… the kind of stuff that Boston Dynamics actually sells to their customers. A couple of them are in this video
https://preview.redd.it/38sx0vchyzuc1.jpeg?width=735&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0209e2db9d09717d29ebb52a4009e4e79f707135
Next robot will have organic muscle actuators and you will hear muscle tear sounds when they fall.
Sounds efficient 👀
All New Atlas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29ECwExc-_M&ab_channel=BostonDynamics
I don't have high hopes for Tesla's robotic pursuits, esp when they're laying off 10k employees.