Boston Dynamics fits Atlas with wheels to stress-test its learned whole-body controller

Boston Dynamics engineers swapped the feet of the Atlas humanoid for scooter wheels, using a single custom adapter on the existing ankle actuators, to push the motors to sustained high torque and speed. Policies trained in simulation with a carefully tuned motor model transferred closely to the real robot, which landed a 360-degree jump on the first attempt. The company says the wheeled Atlas is a research testbed, not a product, and that the lessons will feed back into the standard robot.

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