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Automation skeptics necessitate : Why mechanical man ? There are many benefit and drawbacks of the robotics form element , but Boston Dynamics ’ tardy electric Atlas video showcases one of the most underdiscussed factors : costumes .
“ Why build a humanoid robot ? ” the fellowship rhetorically posits . “ Because the world is design for humans , including all the best Halloween costumes . ”
A day after showcasing the robot’simpressive autonomous bin picking , the Hyundai - owned business firm is back Thursday with the kind of brash video that has skyrocketed it to viral fame , time and again . That Thursday happen to be October 31 is certainly no coincidence .
Boston Dynamics has had batch of fundressing upits first commercial robot , Spot , over the years . Unlike that quadruped , however , finding the right costume for Atlas is as simple as locating a Spirit depot in the near close down CVS .
