Atlas’s advanced control system and state-of-the-art hardware give the robot the power and balance to demonstrate human-level agility. In yet another move to replace humans, Boston Dynamics has introduced its Atlas robot to parkour. TECHNOLOGY. Parkour! The Atlas is the same robot that can run to … The Atlas robot has amazed us a bunch of times already with its capabilities. MIT Technology Review. That Atlas robot might be doing parkour now, but it still can’t chase you up the stairs . Join Mailing List. That’s what we should all be devoting our combined robotics expertise towards. Topics; Magazine; Newsletters; Events; Expand menu. As the latest video from Boston Dynamics shows, the robot is now capable of trying parkour skills. It relies on a control software to coordinate its legs, arms, torso, and whole body to … Efficient Atlas has one of the world’s most compact mobile hydraulic systems.