Boston Dynamics Turns Atlas Into a Wheeled Actuator Testbed
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Boston Dynamics detailed a wheeled Atlas experiment on November 9, 2026, after replacing the humanoid’s feet with wheels to probe actuator limits and the transfer of whole-body reinforcement learning from simulation to hardware. The company describes the configuration as a research testbed, not a product. The experiment was designed to expose how real actuators and a learned whole-body controller behave together when the motors approach their operating limits. Accelerating, turning and stopping…
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