which is now owned by Google

it was developed with funding and oversight from United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency or DARPA

Atlas stands approximately 1.8 meters or six feet tall weighs 150 kilograms

and is designed for a variety of search and rescue tasks

Atlas is based on Boston Dynamics earlier PETMAN humanoid robot that can not only walk across rough terrain

it also react to slipping and can retain balance much like a human can

it has four hydraulically actuated limbs and is constructed out of aluminium and titanium and illuminated with blue LEDs

Atlas is equipped with two vision systems a laser range finder and stereo cameras both controlled by an onboard computer

it has hands with fine motor skill capabilities and its limbs possess a total of 28 degrees of freedom

it can do advanced tasks like finding and picking up objects

and if they are dropped it will try again and again until it completes the task

Atlas can also react to external forces like being pushed or kicked

and it can also get up if it falls over

Atlas can also do things like finding an opening doors, climbing ladders, clearing debris locating valves

all the sort of tasks a human rescue worker would need to be able to do.

The Cheetah robot built by MIT is the first four legged robot to

not only be able to autonomously jump over obstacles in the way but also run up 28 miles an hour

slightly faster than Usain Bolt using it's on board lidar visual system which

uses lasers to map out the terrain in front of the robot, it can see where it's going and where to jump over obstacles

The team at MIT developed a three-part algorithm to plan out the robots path based on the LIDAR data

both the vision and the path planning system our own board the robot giving it completely autonomous control.

This works out the height of the objects and also of a distance from itself

and also the speed at which the robot is traveling

then it works out the best place to jump and clear the object in experiments on a treadmill and also an indoor track

the Cheetah robot successfully cleared obstacles up to 18 inches tall more than half of the actual robot height

whilst maintaining an average running speed of approximately 5 mph

testing the robot in an open area actually worked better than on the treadmill

because it had more time to react with it clearing 90% of obsticles

compared to only 70% on the more limited area on the treadmill

Spot is the latest electrically powered and hydraulically actuated four legged robot come from Boston Dynamics

designed for both indoor and outdoor operation and also to take a good kicking from its makers

though that is really just a good test to show its stability and ability to react to external forces

It can negotiate rough ground, climb hills even stairs but it is still remotely control a moment and

not a truly autonomous robot like his Big Brother the Atlas

as for what purpose it I have is unclear at the moment

but it could be a robot scout in a military situation or autonomous guard dog

or maybe even it could be a mechanic pet

we'll just have to wait till Boston Dynamics releases more information

it uses a form of scanning LIDAR for its navigation and it's backwards facing legs,

like that of a goat give it also great deal of agility

At around 1m tall and weighing approximately 72 kilograms, Spot is smaller than the previous versions like big dog

and being all electric it's much quieter without petrol engine that is installed in the bigger robot LS3

Probably the most well know robot is the Japanses Honda ASIMO

whist it can act realistically it has been a long time in the making.

In 1986 Honda under took a challenge that seemed straight out of science fiction at the time

to build a humanoid robot that might one day help people move with it and improve thier lives

making this dream a reality took decades testing the skill of the world's most capable engineers

their first hurdle was to build a machine that could walk on two legs.

a process that we humans take for granted and Honda throughly researched

The initial prototype had deliberate flat-footed steps each taking fifteen seconds to complete

Later prototypes had a more natural gait, they walk dynamically falling forward between steps as humans do

Up right balance took several more years to perfect

Then, 1992 Honda achieved the milestone prototype E6

not only walked in a straight line without support but it was also able to climb stairs

Hondas engineers advanced to the next level of development adding a torso, head, arms and hands

the first humanoid robot that Honda showed the public was self-contained of walked under remote control

it stood nearly six feet tall and weighed over 200 kilograms

the next version in 1997 was lighter more compact and better able to interact with people on a more human scale

As the new millennium approach, rapid advances in computers hydraulics and micro circuitry

brought science-fiction another step closer to science fact

and Honda greeted the world with a more approachable friendlier a robot

it called advanced step innovative mobility the first ASIMO. Over the next seven years

ASIMO's movements were refined to handle complex environment and perfom new tasks

Its size was reduced further to accommodate human living spaces

and today three decades since Honda engineers first accepted a challenge

ASIMO has a host of advanced physical and intelligence capabilities

ASIMO is now an autonomous robot but now only runs, jumps, spins around and anticipates people's movement

but can also manipulate objects and distinguished people by their voice and their face

As development continues, ASIMO is a fountian of innovative mobility ideas

that go far beyond its original design and are much closer to practical reality

ASIMO is a dream that Honda realized one step after another that someday soon

robots will coexist with people move for those who can not, work in difficult situations

and be the ears, eyes, hands and legs for people that need help in everyday lives

introducing the newest in Honda advanced step in innovative mobility - ASIMO

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