How Boston Dynamics upgraded the Atlas robot
Atlas, a humanoid robot made by robotics company Boston Dynamics, was upgraded from a version 60 Minutes saw in 2021 with joints that can fully rotate and hands that can grip a variety of objects.
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60 Minutes Overtime How Boston Dynamics upgraded the Atlas robot .chip { background-image: url('/fly/bundles/cbsnewscore/images/chip-bgd/chip-bgd-60-minutes-overtime.jpg'); } By Will Croxton Updated on: June 14, 2026 / 7:00 PM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google In 2021, 60 Minutes visited the offices of robotics company Boston Dynamics and met an early model of its humanoid robot, Atlas. It could run, jump and maintain its balance when pushed. But it was bulky, with stiff, mechanical movements. Now, Atlas can cartwheel, dance, run with human-like fluidity, twist its arms, head and torso 360 degrees, and pick itself up off of the floor using only its feet. "They call it a humanoid, but he stands up in a way no human could possibly stand up," correspondent Bill Whitaker told Overtime.
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