The Boston Dynamics robot can do backflips now. Welcome to the robopocalypse.
I, for one, do not welcome our new backflipping robot overlords.
We here at SB Nation have been keeping an eye on the robots over the past couple of years. The robots have been through a lot, whether they’re being tackling dummies for football players, track-and-field runners against football coaches, NBA prospects, or recipients of bullying via hockey sticks held by humans.
The folks at Boston Dynamics — and I’m sure they’re fine and not at all trying to replace us all with robots — have upgraded their old friend Atlas with some new tricks. It turns out the new tricks are jumping long distances across boxes and flipping off them like a damn gymnast. Once Atlas learns how to navigate the uneven bars, we’re done for.
Hey, Boston Dynamics, I know you’re trying to see if you can make a robot that can move around like a human, but maybe this is a bit too far. We’re only a year away before you teach these things how to fight, which means we’ll need to recruit our best action movie stars to take them down. I’m talking, like, Keanu Reeves as John Wick, Tony Jaa, Gal Gadot, Chadwick Boseman, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Vin Diesel, a car from the Fast & Furious films, etc. Maybe Ryan Gosling since he’s got experience dealing with replicants in Blade Runner.
Anyway, we’ve been warning y’all about the robot apocalypse. It’s totally going to happen, and it’s going to be Boston Dynamics’ fault.
