Human + AI
Learning to Run (and Crawl): Inside Boston Dynamics’ Atlas Reinforcement Learning Demo
Published: at 11:21 AM
7 min read
A deep dive into the latest Boston Dynamics Atlas demo powered by reinforcement learning – covering its RL architecture, physics simulation, zero-shot sim-to-real transfer, human motion retargeting, and the massive scale (150M+ simulations) behind it. Includes parallels to generative AI and leadership takeaways on fostering innovation, simulation investment, AI-based control, and the future of work with robotics.