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Boston Dynamics Puts Atlas Humanoid on Wheels and Watches the Robot Roll, Jump, and Dash

Boston Dynamics recently swapped the feet on one of its electric Atlas humanoids for scooter wheels and let a learned controller take over. A single custom adapter mounts an off-the-shelf scooter rim straight onto each existing ankle actuator, and that adapter is the only new part in the entire build. Because the robot was already designed for high-volume production and easy service, the change took about as much effort as swapping a bicycle wheel. In software the team simply modeled each wheel as a spinning ankle, then trained the same whole-body controller they use on the walking version.

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