BOSTON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- When Boston Dynamics unveiled its ATLAS robot in July 2013, tech experts were impressed with its human-like legs and frame, but its movements were still thoroughly robotic -- awkward and clunky.
Over the last year, engineers at Google-owned Boston Dynamics have been working with scientists at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition to improve ATLAS's programming. That work has paid off, as ATLAS's gait and movements have been smoothed out and streamlined.