Marc Raibert, the founder and chairman of Boston Dynamicsgave the world a menagerie of two and four -legged machines capable of falling jaw ParkourNakaksag -infectious Dancing activitiesAnd hard work Shelf stacking.
Raibert is now looking for a revolution in robot's intelligence as well as acrobatics. And he said that the recent advances in Machine study accelerated the ability of his robots to learn how to perform difficult motion without human help. “The hope is that we can do a lot of behavior without having to do everything the robots do,” Raibert told me recently.
Boston dynamics may pioneer legged robots, but this is part of a tight pack of companies that offer dogs and humanoids. Only this week, a startup called figure showed a New Humanoids called Helix, which may seem to unload groceries. Another company, X1, showed a disturbing humanoid called Neo Gamma doing activities around the house. A third, Apptronik, said this plan scale up the manufacturing of his humanoid, called Apollo. The demos can be misleading, though. Also, few companies reveal how much their humanoids will cost, and it is unclear how many of them really expect to sell them as home assistants.
The real test for these robots is how much they can do independently of programming and direct control. And that depends on advances like Raiberts are touting. Last November I wrote about Efforts to create completely new types of models for controlling robots. If that work begins to bear fruit we can see the humanoids and quadrupeds faster.
Boston Dynamics sells a four -legged robot called Spot It is used in oil rigs, construction sites, and other areas where tires are fighting the land. The company also makes a humanoid called Atlas For research. Raibert says Boston Dynamics used a Artificial method of intelligence Called reinforcement study to upgrade the ability of the spot to run, so that it moves three times faster. The same method also helps the Atlas walk more confidently, Raibert says.
