DARPA and Boston Dynamics seem bent on engineering the robot revolution, and it’s while wearing a suspicious smile that they introduce us to Atlas, their latest humanoid creation. Inorganically evolved from Petman and an intermediate prototype, Atlas will compete in DARPA’s Robotics Challenge (DRC) Trials in December, where it will be challenged with “tasks similar to what might be required in a disaster response scenario.” The seven teams that made it through the Virtual Robotics Challenge stage, held in a simulated environment, will massage their code into the real 6′ 2″ robot, which sports a host of sensors and 28 “hydraulically actuated joints.” Also competing for a spot in the 2014 DRC finals are six “Track A” teams, including a couple of crews from NASA, which’ve built their own monstrous spawn. Head past the break for Atlas’ video debut, as well as an introduction to the Track A teams and their contributions to Judgement Day.
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