Humanoid Robotics

Boston Dynamics has upgraded its Atlas humanoid robot with end-to-end AI, enabling it to understand natural language commands and autonomously plan actions. This new capability, “Atlas MTS,” is powered by a Large Behavior Model (LBM) developed in collaboration with the Toyota Research Institute. Atlas can now handle unexpected disruptions, recalibrate to changes, and incorporate missing components into tasks. The upgrade involves a four-step process, and integrates a VR interface. This evolution coupled with the shift to electric power makes it well suitable for dynamic environments in the future of robotics.

At Computex 2025, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang repositioned the company as an AI infrastructure architect, unveiling advancements in consumer GPUs, data center solutions, industrial metaverse tools, and robotics. Key highlights included the Blackwell architecture for AI training/inference and Isaac GR00T N1.5, a foundation model for humanoid robots. Huang emphasized physical AI as the next industrial revolution, citing partnerships with firms like Boston Dynamics and Morgan Stanley’s projection of a $60T humanoid market by 2050. NVIDIA aims to dominate through its full-stack ecosystem, bridging AI models, autonomous systems, and simulation tools to power smart factories and cities. (100 words)