Atlas is dead, long live Atlas. The hydraulically-articulated version of Boston Dynamics’ humanoid robot was retired last week in favor of its electric motor-driven version introduced on Wednesday. Hyundai is majority owner of Boston Dynamics, and the new all-electric Atlas will eventually replace the company’s workers on factory floors, maybe starting with the ones who … Read more
Photo: Schneider2001, CC BY 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Dodge demon. Not that one, this one: This wasn’t some Vision “concept” that’s no more than lines of code and MAYBE a clay model, that only idiots think ever had a chance at production. This was production ready, and cancelled because 2008. If it made it … Read more
Photo: New York Daily News / Contributor (Getty Images) New York City Mayor Eric Adams may not exactly have a record during his time in office that screams “success” (unless you’re a big fan of people dying on Rikers) but at least you can trust him to waste money. For example, he spent $155 million … Read more
Photo: Christopher Furlong (Getty Images) A delivery robot apparently lost control on a snowy sidewalk and smashed into a parked car last Saturday in Helsinki, Finland. It might not be possible to gauge motive from computer code, but I wouldn’t rule out the collision being intentional. The adorably-shaped six-wheeled Starship Technologies robot didn’t attempt to … Read more
Happy Thursday! It’s January 18, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift — your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, all in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. BMW 3T Electric Gravel Bike | Jalopnik Reviews 1st Gear: BMW Wants To Compete With Tesla’s Robot, … Read more
Elon Musk is big mad at a report that kind of sort of implied that one of his favorite robots attacked one of his employees at Tesla’s Austin, Texas factory two years ago. The report never actually said it was one of his shiny (fuckable?) Optimus friends, but it didn’t exactly highlight that it was … Read more
Humanity has come a long way over the last few hundred years, but we are still terrifyingly vulnerable and susceptible to fires. Firefighters have employed tank-like robots that carry hoses into burning structures to minimize the amount of time that humans must endure the unpredictable dangers of a rampant fire, but researchers have a new … Read more
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