GineersNow Engineering Magazine Issue 005
GineersNow Engineering Magazine July 2016 Issue No. 005 Masdar: The Future of Sustainable City in Abu Dhabi, UAE Exclusive Stories: Future cities, smart cities, robotics, artificial intelligence, deep learning, digital migration, exoskeleton, social good, information technologies. Special feature stories: HVAC, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, MEP contractors, construction, civil engineering, chemical, petrochemicals, oil & gas, water and wastewater, nano filtration, ultra filtration, desalination, reverse osmosis. Country Focus: United Arab Emirates (Dubai, Abu Dhabi), Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, United States, Canada, Australia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam. https://www.gineersnow.com/topics/magazines
GineersNow Engineering Magazine July 2016 Issue No. 005
Masdar: The Future of Sustainable City in Abu Dhabi, UAE
Exclusive Stories: Future cities, smart cities, robotics, artificial intelligence, deep learning, digital migration, exoskeleton, social good, information technologies.
Special feature stories: HVAC, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, MEP contractors, construction, civil engineering, chemical, petrochemicals, oil & gas, water and wastewater, nano filtration, ultra filtration, desalination, reverse osmosis.
Country Focus: United Arab Emirates (Dubai, Abu Dhabi), Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, United States, Canada, Australia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam.
https://www.gineersnow.com/topics/magazines
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ATLAS THE ROBOT DOESN'T<br />
WANT TO BE PUSHED<br />
AROUND ANYMORE<br />
It’s 2016 and these engineers have finally<br />
programmed a robot that can’t be pushed<br />
around anymore. Boston Dynamics, an<br />
engineering and robotics design company,<br />
has just released an updated version of Atlas.<br />
This company is where people from the<br />
military and even the entertainment industry<br />
turn to when they need help with specialized<br />
robots.<br />
And as expected, Google owns this company.<br />
In its Youtube video, it has described its latest<br />
addition to the company’s weird but very<br />
innovative collection of robots:<br />
“A new version of Atlas, designed to operate<br />
outdoors and inside buildings. It is specialized<br />
for mobile manipulation. It is electrically<br />
powered and hydraulically actuated. It uses<br />
sensors in its body and legs to balance and<br />
LIDAR and stereo sensors in its head to<br />
avoid obstacles, assess the terrain, help with<br />
navigation and manipulate objects. This<br />
version of Atlas is about 5' 9" tall (about a<br />
head shorter than the DRC Atlas) and weighs<br />
180 lbs.”<br />
Atlas can now walk and move just like a<br />
normal human being. It can even stack boxes<br />
on its own. One feature that makes this latest<br />
version remarkable is its ability to get back<br />
right up after it has been pushed over by a<br />
stick.<br />
Is this the beginning of robots finally sticking<br />
up to itself and eventually picks a fight with<br />
humans? Are we seeing a possible humanrobot<br />
war in the future? Will these robots<br />
evolve into something that would make them<br />
our enemies?<br />
Future enemies or not, these robots will be<br />
used to help soldiers carry equipments and<br />
probably replace humans in deployment to<br />
dangerous areas. So far, Boston Dynamics<br />
tests its robots’ efficiency by treating them<br />
to different kinds of tortures like kicking them<br />
and making them walk in icy steps.<br />
Still brutal even for robots. Good thing they<br />
don’t feel anything.<br />
Photo by: 4erevolution<br />
24<br />
JULY 2016<br />
Future Cities & Robotics
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