Boston Dynamics retires their famous robot
Boston Dynamics, the robotics company that has been a social media sensation, is retiring its hydraulic powered robot, but that’s not quite the end for the Atlas.
Recommended Stories
TechCrunchHumanoid robots are learning to fall well
The savvy marketers at Boston Dynamics produced two major robotics news cycles last week. As I write this, the sub-40 second video is steadily approaching five million views. The accompanying video was a celebration of the older Atlas’ journey from DARPA research project to an impressively nimble bipedal ’bot.
- Engadget
Boston Dynamics unveils an all-electric version of its Atlas robot
Boston Dynamics has revealed an all-electric version of its Atlas robot that looks even more dexterous and agile than previous models.
- TechCrunch
Atlas shrugged: Boston Dynamics retires its hydraulic humanoid robot
Now that humanoids are all the rage in the robotics industry, Boston Dynamics on Tuesday officially retired theirs. Boston Dynamics has been focused on commercializing technologies for a number of years now. Boston Dynamics was, of course, well ahead of the current humanoid robotics curve.
- TechCrunch
Sanctuary’s new humanoid robot learns faster and costs less
Sanctuary AI often isn’t mentioned in the same breath as humanoid robotics firms like Boston Dynamics, Agility, Figure and 1X, but the Canadian company has been operating in the space for some time. In fact, a new robot introduced on Thursday is actually the seventh-generation of its Phoenix line. While a recent iteration introduced legs into the line, Sanctuary is most concerned with what’s happening from the waist up.
- Engadget
The Morning After: Boston Dynamics’ bi-ped Atlas robot is going into retirement
The biggest news stories this morning: NASA confirms its space trash pierced Florida man’s roof, A Netflix true crime documentary may have used AI-generated images of a real person, Insta360’s X4 camera is the first 8K 360-degree video.
- Engadget
Boston Dynamics sends Atlas to the robot retirement home
Boston Dynamics is retiring its dancing, search-and-rescue robot Atlas.
- TechCrunch
TechCrunch Minute: New Atlas robot stuns experts in first reveal from Boston Dynamics
This week Boston Dynamics retired its well-known Atlas robot that was powered by hydraulics. Then today it unveiled its new Atlas robot, which is powered by electricity. The change might not seem like much, but TechCrunch's Brian Heater told the TechCrunch Minute that the now-deprecated hydraulics system was out of date.
- Engadget
Engadget Podcast: PlayStation 5 Pro rumors and a look back at the Playdate
This week, Engadget Senior Editor Jessica Conditt joins Cherlynn and Devindra to chat about the PS5 Pro, as well as her piece on the PlayDate two years after its release.
- Engadget
Menteebot is a human-sized AI robot that you command with natural language
Menteebot is a human-sized robot that’s stuffed with AI bells and whistles. Users can command the bot to do their bidding via natural language prompts and it can learn new tasks.
- TechCrunch
Collaborative Robotics is prioritizing ‘human problem solving’ over humanoid forms
It is, after all, a lot easier to generate press for robots that look and move like humans. For a while now, Collaborative Robotics founder Brad Porter has eschewed robots that look like people. As the two-year-old startup’s name implies, Collaborative Robotics (Cobot for short) is interested in the ways in which humans and robots will collaborate, moving forward.
- Engadget
Ubisoft's first-person shooter XDefiant is launching on May 21
Ubisoft is releasing the free-to-play first-person shooter on May 21 for the Xbox Series X|S, the PS5 and PC through Ubisoft Connect.
- Yahoo Sports
Dak Prescott no longer under criminal investigation by Dallas police over sexual assault claim
The Cowboys QB and his accuser still have dueling lawsuits against each other.
- Autoblog
Ferrari 12Cilindri Deep Dive Preview: No electric here, just pure V12 beauty
Our deep dive preview into Ferrari's latest V12-powered GT coupe and Spider convertible, the on-the-nose named 12Cilindri.
- Yahoo Finance
Drake, Adele, and others are following Taylor Swift back onto TikTok after Universal deal
The songs of top artists will return to TikTok following the resolution of a licensing dispute with Universal Music Group.
- Yahoo Life
Are milk and ground beef safe from bird flu? What the latest testing tells us.
U.S. scientists have tested everything from milk to sour cream and ground beef for bird flu amid an outbreak among dairy cattle.
- Yahoo Life
Amy Schumer says she feels 'a lot better' amid treatment for Cushing syndrome. Here's what to know about the disorder.
The comedian first shared her diagnosis in February following questions about her "puffier" appearance.
- Engadget
X is changing how the block button works
X is changing how blocks work on its platform, though it’s (for now) stopping short of Elon Musk’s wish of nuking the feature entirely.
- TechCrunch
Microsoft taps Sanctuary AI for general-purpose robot research
Microsoft, it seems, is hedging its bets when it comes to general-purpose robotics AI. Today, the tech giant announced a collaboration with Figure competitor Sanctuary AI, best known for its humanoid robot, Phoenix. The Sanctuary partnership really gets to the heart of Microsoft’s interest in the category: artificial general intelligence.
- Yahoo Personal Finance
New Chase Sapphire bonus: Earn over $1,000 in travel rewards
You can earn 75,000 bonus points when you open a new Chase Sapphire card today. Here’s how much they're worth.
- Yahoo Sports
Dynasty Rookie Superflex Mock Draft with Matt Waldman
With the draft in the rear view there is no better time to do a dynasty rookie mock draft. Football Guy's Matt Waldman joins Matt Harmon for a two round Superflex format dynasty draft. The two debate the biggest topics of rookie mock drafts and when Marvin Harrison Jr. should come off the board. The two also identify deep dynasty sleepers to consider in later rounds.