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Rescue Robot ATLAS Breaks Its Ankle During Public Debut

Posted October 19, 2013 1:53 PM

From Popular Science:

There's a good case to be made that the media overhypes how scary some robots are. Point taken. But I don't think anyone would deny that the 'bots created by the company Boston Dynamics are at least a little on the creepy side--so it's good to see they're fallible.

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10/19/2013 7:35 PM

Did a little girl have to carry it to the paramedics?

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10/19/2013 11:27 PM

I like this one better, it looks like it has many possibilities....I think they should extend the back section and add larger Parkours with an extended but increasing curve...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntlI-pDUxPE

Now this is an impressive jump....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b4ZZQkcNEo

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