Boston Dynamics just gave Atlas hands built for mass manufacturing not just lab demos That detail matters more than the hands themselves A robot that can only impress in a controlled video stays a research project forever One that's designed to be built at scale is the first real step toward robots doing actual work
Alberto Rodriguez
@_albertorod_
Oct 1
Today we give Atlas dexterous hands, with the strength to take on real work, and the simplicity for mass manufacturing. Like the body, the hands are designed with high fidelity simulation in mind, to enable sim-to-real RL. If you give dexterous hands to a robot, make them do dexterous things. More thoughts here Blog: bostondynamics.com/blog/robo… Video: piped.video/watch?v=4whgw2gL…

Oct 2, 2026 · 9:29 AM UTC

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Scaling robots is the future we need
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Scaling up makes a real difference for robots
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Scalable robots change the game
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Scalable robots change the game
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Agreed Enabling mass manufacturing opens doors for practical robot applications Exciting times
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controlled video robots stay research projects, this pushes beyond that
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Designing for mass manufacturing changes everything for Atlas.
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what unit economics look like shifting to mass production???
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Designing for mass manufacturing changes everything for Atlas.
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atlas hands built for mass manufacturing is the step from lab demo to real work
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sounds promising, hoping they hit the market soon
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boston dynamics just shifted the game.
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This is really great fam
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makes a real difference for robots
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This post was worth every second I spent on it.
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The permission model is an important part of how usable this becomes for developers.
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Now this is a solid tek
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I get what you’re saying now, makes sense
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Thanks for sharing legend, keep building
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