People are a bit freaked out by the latest Boston Dynamics robot – 15 favourite reactions
Boston Dynamics Atlas HD is dead. Long live Boston Dynamics Atlas 001 – the electric version.
The bulky humanoid jumping, dancing robot has been retired to make way for something a bit more agile and slimline, with what looks like a ring light for a head – and a very disturbing way of getting up from the floor.
Here’s the old version …
A little creepy but I think I found myself a dancing partner.
Boston Dynamics turned #Atlas into a dancing #Robot. pic.twitter.com/euFa6f8wfU
— VΞnditti ᵃ⁼⁽ᵛ⁺ᵃ⁾/⁰ (@adrianVenditti) December 29, 2020
And here’s new Atlas, not being creepy in any way whatsoever.
We promise this is not a person in a bodysuit. https://t.co/S9FgfpqvrW pic.twitter.com/G30sXHQ93C
— Boston Dynamics (@BostonDynamics) April 17, 2024
But will it charge your iPhone? That’s all we want to know.
Twitter/X had mixed feelings, along the lines of ‘Wow, impressive – get that thing the hell away from me.’
Here’s what people have been saying.
1.
Animated like a Souls boss intro https://t.co/9rllnNJGEQ
— Jonathan Cooper (@GameAnim) April 17, 2024
2.
STATUS UPDATE:
MACHINE ID: ATLAS-001
LOCATION: APPROACHING HELL
CURRENT OBJECTIVE: FIND A WEAPON https://t.co/H62MyXifX4 pic.twitter.com/KQoLF7CWAU— Golden (@THEVESSELOFWAR) April 17, 2024
3.
Boston Dynamic just unveiled their newest Atlas robot. This is not a render. Oh my god
It's giving "call an ambulance… but not for me"https://t.co/mPUKDlW7WY pic.twitter.com/el3DKlTJT5
— Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) April 17, 2024
4.
Honestly thought that ring light was going to go full death ray https://t.co/ZkTIXREbxv
— HappyToast★ (@IamHappyToast) April 18, 2024
5.
My brief part time job at Boston Dynamics (then
Massachusetts Murder Machines) was to run up with a rag and muffle the screams of the old Atlas whenever he blew out his hydraulic knee. Man, that boy could holler. Relieved it's not gonna be an issue anymore.— Captain Disillusion (@CDisillusion) April 18, 2024
6.
I’m so glad it didn’t stand up in the most horrifying way possible. That would have been scary. https://t.co/5oH1A5jEwm
— Kalynn Bayron SLEEP LIKE DEATH (@KalynnBayron) April 18, 2024
7.
Camera head?!?! skibidi dop dop dop yes yess!!!! https://t.co/jZNVPMd2go pic.twitter.com/KgSECT28sO
— BDealer (@BDealer9) April 17, 2024
8.
Oh FUCK no, we gotta wipe Boston off the map like right now https://t.co/fztwnA3a0a pic.twitter.com/emh2OslCce
— Jim (@JC__6969) April 17, 2024
9.
This is a good time to revisit my idea for legislation mandating that robots must be made of the weakest metals available and purposely made not to be stronger than an average person. https://t.co/aZuWno3zd9 pic.twitter.com/i7KFodkEoc
— Average History Teacher (@avghistoryteach) April 17, 2024
10.
As cool as this is…Boston Dynamics will be the death of us all.
This thing is a blaster and a rifle away from being IG-11. https://t.co/Z7fk4hVnXY— Sean The Producer (@SeanTheProducr) April 17, 2024
11.
Boston Dynamics in 2050 at the next public unveiling.. https://t.co/Farwy6bpAj pic.twitter.com/6OZMtE3yxZ
— bypapijuan (@bypapijuan) April 17, 2024
12.
Why tf it get up like that??? https://t.co/xoSmTFlShU pic.twitter.com/5brHxpizDv
— Hendreck (@HenJoeSchmoe) April 17, 2024
13.
Wait until they turn the light red. pic.twitter.com/U3hiC5aOJn
— Fabs* (@fabs_ws) April 17, 2024
14.
Interesting number they chose pic.twitter.com/G3IWhryX8k
— DaveR (@DavidR_Insights) April 17, 2024
15.
bro said pic.twitter.com/WnxsK8gD7N
— GhostRooster (@GhostRooster60) April 17, 2024
Things might not be so bad after all.
If you put a smiley face on him the robot dystopia doesnt seem so scary. Crisis averted pic.twitter.com/d2yiOmkhL8
— Cody (@AltHistCody) April 17, 2024
TracingWoodgrains had some doubts about Atlas’ real worth.
Boston Dynamics wins the award for company with largest delta between me seeing their products in cool videos online and me seeing their products in any way connected to real life
am I just clueless or is their business plan entirely composed of flashy demonstration videos https://t.co/oqnFjbhkgE
— TracingWoodgrains (@tracewoodgrains) April 17, 2024
Speaking of flashy demonstration videos, here’s Atlas HD bowing out.
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