Der neue humanoide Roboter von Boston Dynamics bewegt sich wie kein Roboter, den Sie je gesehen haben – Vollelektrische 360°-Gelenke ermöglichen dem neuen Atlas zahlreiche unmenschliche Bewegungen.

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>The humanoid robotics market is [starting](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/03/huge-funding-round-makes-figure-big-techs-favorite-humanoid-robot-company/) to [heat up,](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/03/nvidia-announces-moonshot-to-create-embodied-human-level-ai-in-robot-form/) and the company that’s been doing this the longest isn’t going to sit by and watch. Boston Dynamics has a [new humanoid robot](https://bostondynamics.com/blog/electric-new-era-for-atlas/) that the company says represents a path to commercialization. It’s the company’s next-generation, all-electric „Atlas“ robot.

>While new Atlas and old Atlas share a name, they couldn’t be more different when it comes to construction. The old Atlas—a research platform and viral sensation that could handle nearly any terrain, [do backflips](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/boston-dynamics-shares-an-incredible-behind-the-scenes-look-at-robot-building/), and [pick up heavy objects](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/boston-dynamics-atlas-tries-out-inventory-work-gets-better-at-lifting/)—was powered by a heavy, complicated hydraulics system. The new Atlas is all-electric and looks like it’s a fraction of the size and weight of the hydraulic version. It also looks like *a product*, with covers around all the major components and consumer-friendly design touches like a giant status light in the head and a light-up power button that looks like it was ripped right from the [Spot](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/02/boston-dynamics-robot-dog-gets-an-arm-attachment-self-charging-capabilities/) assembly line.

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>Besides it being creepy to see anything move like this, there’s a point to the madness. This kind of movement would be impossible with hydraulic lines hanging all over the place. Every movement of the old Atlas needed to be made with the limitations of the hydraulic line spaghetti in mind. Move a limb too far, and you will rip a line off and spray fluid everywhere. Just like a human, every joint had a „home“ position that you needed to return to so that everything untangled.

>There’s no need for any range-of-motion limits with electric joints. While the knees of the robot look normal, the head, torso, hips, shoulders, and thigh spinners all look like limitless 360° joints. With things like [slip rings](https://mercotac.com/html/applications.html) that can pass electrical wires to a rotating object, all these joints can probably just spin forever and have no home position. Boston Dynamics is calling the new Atlas the „world’s most dynamic humanoid robot.“