Robotics firm Boston Dynamics has officially retired Atlas, its hydraulic-powered, 6'2", bipedal robot that has wowed the world since 2013. In its place it has introduced… Atlas, an electric version of the robot that looks even more like a Terminator waiting for its AI to corrupt so it can wipe out humanity.
If you don't know the original Atlas by name, you almost certainly know it by meme or by its appearances on news broadcasts. The robot became famous for feats such as performing parkour, and perhaps more infamously / terrifyingly being beaten to the ground with a hockey stick before getting back to its feat (and no doubt storing core memories about what humans did to it).
