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Jramale. robotics company Boston Dynamics

Bostin Dynamics announced this month it is retiring its humanoid robot known as Atlas.

The 6 foot 2 330 pound robot was considered a quantum leap in robotics and was famous for

parkour stunts and awkward dance moves.

Debuting more than a decade ago in 2013, the Atlas robot was part of a partnership with

the Defense Department.

It relied on hydraulic power using pressurized fluid to generate movement.

It could do tasks that could be challenging for humans, like lifting heavy boxes and did I mention it could do parkour?

Well, as the older Atlas lives out of it, And did I mention it could do Parkor?

Well, as the older Atlas lives out its golden years,

Boston Dynamics has announced its successor,

a smaller version of the Atlas Bop that runs on electric power. For more, we called up Brian Heater,

hardware editor at Tech Crunch for his take on what's next, but I started by

asking him to describe the original Atlas. It's big and hulking.

It's very top-heavy.

It's hydraulic powered as all of the early Boss of Dance robots are,

which means, among other things,

that it's extremely loud loud if you're in a

room with it it's like it's almost deafening the you hear you hear the gases

passing as it's moving what was the what was the response to it when it first came out in 2013?

It's it's the response isn't dissimilar from what it is now.

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