New spectacular video of the Boston Dynamics robots: this time they dedicate themselves to parkour, the urban 'sport' that involves jumps and stunts to overcome obstacles of all kinds and the perfect opportunity to push the abilities of these humanoid robots to the limit. Born in the 80s in France by a group of jumping and climbing enthusiasts as a freestyle discipline whose goal is to test themselves to overcome any type of urban obstacle with fluidity, parkour has already been an officially recognized sport for years. .
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For some time now it has also become a test bed for the capabilities of robots. A couple of years after their debut, Boston Dynamics' Atlas humanoid robots are back on video to demonstrate their skills. A spectacular sixty seconds featuring a pair of humanoids running and jumping between a variety of obstacles similar to those found in an urban environment. Parkour, explain the researchers on the sidelines of the video, is the perfect opportunity to experiment with new behaviors, in which to try to push the limits of robots higher and higher and thus discover new possible applications for the future.