AI-powered robot developed by Boston Dynamics and Toyota Research Institute takes a key step towards general-purpose humanoids
Boston Dynamics and Toyota Research Institute (TRI) have achieved a significant step forward in robotics and artificial intelligence research with the demonstration of a Large Behavior Model (LBM) powering the Atlas humanoid robot.
A video jointly released by the two organisations this week shows Atlas performing a long, continuous sequence of complex tasks that require a combination of both object manipulation and locomotion. The short film shows Atlas unpacking parts from a crate and sorting them. It able to cope with interference – the box being moved and part-closed, and items being placed on the floor outside the crate.
With the adoption of LBMs, new capabilities that would previously have required laborious hand-programming can now be added quickly and without a single new line of code.
The video can be viewed here: (1) Getting a Leg up with End-to-end Neural Networks | Boston Dynamics – YouTube.
The full story can be read on the TRI website here: AI-Powered Robot by Boston Dynamics and Toyota Research Institute Takes a Key Step Towards General-Purpose Humanoids | Toyota Research Institute.
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