Boston Dynamics showed off the agility of its humanoid Atlas robot at CES this week in Las Vegas — and demonstrated an unnerving degree of freedom of movement that dispels the illusion of a human entity. Key to the demo is that the robot features clever joints that allow for “continuous rotation.” In effect, its hips, wrists, and neck can swivel a full 360 degrees unimpeded. And we can confirm that’s creepy as all hell. | Futurism

The Humanoid robot, Atlas, can sense obstacles and pick up materials of different sizes. | Interesting Engineering

Boston Dynamics released a video of its humanoid robot Atlas hopping and doing backflips. It's the second time this week the company has teased an updated robot. | CNN Business