A little early holiday surprise from Boston Dynamics this week, as Santa suit-wearing electric Atlas performs a backflip. The feat occurs about 13 minutes into a new video, showcasing yet another trick in the humanoid robot’s arsenal.It’s worth noting that unlike with humans a robot performing a b
At CES 2025, German Bionic announced the Apogee Ultra, a new robotic exoskeleton it claims is the “world’s most powerful.” What did the system do to earn such a lofty title? It offers up to 80 pounds of dynamic lift assistance. That means a payload of 70 pounds feels more like nine to 11 pounds to t
Amazon announced Friday evening that it has hired Covariants founders — Pieter Abbeel, Peter Chen, and Rocky Duan — along with “about a quarter” of the startups employees. Its also signed a non-exclusive license to use Covariant’s robotic foundation models.Earlier this year, Chen told TechCrunch tha
