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A little early holiday surprise from Boston Dynamics this week , as Santa suit - fag electric Atlas do a backflip . The feat occurs about 13 mo intoa young television , showcasing yet another trick in the humanoid golem ’s arsenal .
It ’s worth noting that — unlike with humans — a robot performing a backflipisn’t necessarily more complicatedthan walk . That said , roboticists run to focus on utilitarian task like locomotion first . Even so , it ’s impressive to see how full-bodied Boston Dynamics ’ new golem is establish to be — and that it managed to keep its Santa hat on the whole sentence .
The electric Atlas is following in the step of its hydraulic predecessor , whichdebuted the attainment in 2017 . More recently , Unitree ’s humanoid has shown off itsown gymnastics abilities .
