ARTICLE DONE BY CNBC:
Google's
robotics arm, Boston Dynamics, has released a video of a new version of
its Atlas robot. The video shows the upgraded robot opening doors,
picking up boxes and taking an eerily human-like stroll in the woods. The video also shows Boston Dynamics employees shoving and knocking over the robot, which can pick itself up off the floor. While the Atlas
robot may not boost the quarterly earnings of Google parent Alphabet for
a while, it appears to be the next step for robotics, according to Max
Wolff, chief economist at Manhattan Venture Partners.
"My guess is early on we're going to see defense use, law enforcement use, hazardous waste use and some surgical and medical equipment use," Wolff said on CNBC's Tech Bit. Some robots are already being used for bomb detection, he said.
Google acquired Boston Dynamics in 2013 along with seven other robotics companies that year as part of the company's so-called "moonshot" ventures.
Link to article:
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/02/24/googles-next-generation-atlas-robot-turns-heads.html
"My guess is early on we're going to see defense use, law enforcement use, hazardous waste use and some surgical and medical equipment use," Wolff said on CNBC's Tech Bit. Some robots are already being used for bomb detection, he said.
Google acquired Boston Dynamics in 2013 along with seven other robotics companies that year as part of the company's so-called "moonshot" ventures.
Link to article:
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/02/24/googles-next-generation-atlas-robot-turns-heads.html
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