Boston Dynamics\u2019 Atlas and Spot robots can do a lot of things: sprinting, gymnastic routines, parkour, backflips, opening doors to let in an army of their friends, washing dishes, and (poorly) getting actual jobs. But the company\u2019s latest video adds another impressive trick to our future robotic overlords\u2019 repertoire: busting sick dance moves.<\/p>\n
The video sees Boston Dynamics\u2019 entire lineup of robots \u2014 the humanoid Atlas, the dog-shaped Spot, and the box-juggling Handle \u2014 all come together in a bopping, coordinated dance routine set to The Contours\u2019 \u201cDo You Love Me.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not the first time Boston Dynamics has shown off\u00a0its robots\u2019 dancing skills<\/a>: the company showcased a video of its Spot robot doing the Running Man to \u201cUptown Funk\u201d in 2018. but the new video takes things to another level, with the Atlas robot tearing it up on the dance floor: smoothly running, jumping, shuffling, and twirling through different moves.<\/p>\n Things get even more incredible as more robots file out, prancing around in the kind of coordinated dance routine that puts my own, admittedly awful human dancing to shame. Compared to the jerky movements of the\u00a02016 iteration of Atlas<\/a>, the new model almost looks like a\u00a0CGI creation<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n