Finally the last version of Atlas released. It is designed
to operate outdoors and inside buildings. It is electrically
powered and hydraulically actuated and specialized for mobile
manipulation. It uses sensors in its body and legs to balance
and LIDAR and stereo sensors in its head to avoid obstacles, assess
the terrain, help with navigation and manipulate objects. This
version of Atlas is about 5' 9" tall (about a head shorter than the
DRC Atlas) and weighs 180 lbs.
Atlas is a sries of high mobility, humanoid robot designed to
negotiate outdoor, rough terrain. Atlas can walk bipedally leaving
the upper limbs free to lift, carry, and manipulate the
environment. In extremely challenging terrain, Atlas is strong and
coordinated enough to climb using hands and feet, to pick its way
through congested spaces.
Articulated, sensate hands will enable Atlas to use tools
designed for human use. Atlas includes 28 hydraulically-actuated
degrees of freedom, two hands, arms, legs, feet and a torso.
An articulated sensor head includes stereo cameras and a laser
range finder. Atlas is powered from an off-board, electric power
supply via a flexible tether.
Several copies of the old versions of Atlas robot were provided
as Government Furnished Equipment for the DARPA Robotics Challenge
program in the summer of 2013.
