Boston Dynamics said the project will combine the physical capabilities of its electric Atlas robot, along with its ability to be programmed and teleoperated to allow researchers to deploy it across a range of tasks to collect performance data that will be used to support the training of advanced LBMS to show that “large, pre-trained models can enable the rapid acquisition of new robust, dexterous, whole-body skills.” Additionally, Boston Dynamics and TRI plan to conduct research to address key training questions for humanoid robots, explore how research models can leverage whole-body sensing and understand human-robot interaction along with safety and assurance measures to support these new capabilities.
