On: An electric new era for Atlas

[mritchie712]

could they have come up with a more terrifying way for it to standup? I can't think of one.

[y04nn → mritchie712]

I think this is on purpose to show the extra freedom of movements of the new model compared to the hydraulic one.

[philwelch → y04nn]

Also, it can get up off the ground by itself. I don't think I ever saw any of the previous Atlas robots doing that, and it's an important feature, since the primary failure mode of a bipedal robot is falling down.