The future is being developed at Boston Dynamics in Massachusetts. By Eugene Demaitre.

Boston Dynamics said that “Atlas Gets a Grip” (below) demonstrates a natural progression of the robot’s perception, manipulation, and autonomy. It also shows how such robots could eventually assist human workers, in this case by bringing tools up scaffolding. …

Atlas is a research platform and is not available for purchase, unlike Boston Dynamics’ Spot quadruped and Stretch robot arm …