"Its name is Atlas, an all-electric humanoid robot from Boston Dynamics, the Massachusetts-based company and maker of the four-legged inspection robot, Spot, and the mobile warehouse robot, Stretch. Hyundai, which owns Boston Dynamics, unveiled the latest version of Atlas at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on January 5. During live demonstrations, Atlas was seen waving hello to its audience before moving car parts from one rack to another."
"Playter, an MIT alumn and aerospace engineer by training, has been at Boston Dynamics for more than 30 years and has seen the company change hands multiple times - first to Google, then to SoftBank, and now to Hyundai after the South Korean automaker acquired a majority stake in the robotics company five years ago. Playter was appointed CEO in 2019."
Atlas is a six-foot-two, roughly 200-pound all-electric humanoid robot with a four-hour battery and a face modeled after Luxo Jr. Atlas demonstrated waving and moving car parts during a Consumer Electronics Show demo in Las Vegas. Hyundai owns Boston Dynamics and unveiled the latest Atlas on January 5. Boston Dynamics transitioned Atlas from a hydraulics platform to an all-electric platform and commercially launched Spot. The company also partnered with Google DeepMind to develop Atlas' control systems. Boston Dynamics plans to start humanoid deployment with parts sequencing in factories, with more advanced assembly and consumer uses possible within five to ten years.
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