Make robots like Boston Dynamics’ new Atlas hairy
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On Wednesday, Boston Dynamics announced the new version of its Atlas robot with a characteristically unsettling video. In it, a humanoid android lifts itself up from the floor by bending its legs backward and then swivels its fathomless void of a head a full 180 degrees like it’s Linda Blair in The Exorcist. The footage is obviously creepy. [Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29ECwExc-_M] In a press release, the company said that it decided to make the new, fully electric Atlas robot move...

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