Emasontweni ambalwa edlule besivele sinalo ithuba lokukhuluma ngalo Boston Dynamics, inkampani ebisemakethe iminyaka eminingi kakhulu kunalokho ongakucabanga, njengoba yasungulwa ngunjiniyela uMarc Raibert, owayenguprofesa we-MIT e-1992, nokuthi kusukela ekuqaleni kwayo kuze kube manje ikwazile ukufaka isandla kakhulu entuthukweni kusuka amarobhothi afaneleke kakhulu futhi anekhono kunalokho ongakucabanga. Ngalesi sikhathi futhi ngenxa yobuchwepheshe bayo, yenze iGoogle yaba nentshisekelo kuyo, yathenga ngoDisemba 2013 futhi, ngemuva kokubona ukuthi abakwazi ukwenza inzuzo enkulu ngayo, ithengiswe futhi isethelwe izifundo zayo I-SoftBank. Ngemuva kwalolu shintsho olukhulu lwendawo, kubonakala sengathi inkampani isiphinde yathola umkhombandlela futhi ikakhulukazi imali edingekayo yokuqhubeka nokwakha amarobhothi ayo anamandla ngokwezimpawu namakhono.
Kokuthunyelwe kwangaphambilini esikunikezele enkampanini, sibe nethuba isikhathi eside sohlobo olusha iBoston Dynamics uqobo eyibhabhadise negama le- I-SpotMini, irobhothi elalimela izici ezithile njengosayizi walo, ngoba lalilincane kakhulu kunabanye abafowabo noma amandla athile elalikwazi ukuwenza ngokuqondile kubafowabo abadala. Kulokhu sizokhuluma ngomfowabo omdala, irobhothi Atlas, imodeli ezokumangaza nakanjani lapho ubona konke, ngemuva kweminyaka yentuthuko, ekwazi ukukwenza.
I-Atlas, iphrojekthi ezalelwa kuqala ngenxa yemali etholwe ku-DARPA
Uma sikhuluma nge-Atlas, kufanele sikhulume ngeprojekthi eqale emuva onyakeni 2013 njenge-robot efana ne-humanoid exhaswa ngemali engaphansi kwalokho I-DARPA ishukunyiswa yinhlekelele yaseFukushima. Ngemuva kwesikhathi eside somsebenzi, iqembu labaphenyi nonjiniyela abaphethe ukuthuthuka kwalo likwazile ukuqhubeka nokwethula uhlobo oluthile, phakathi kokunye, lokuhamba kuzo zonke izinhlobo zezindawo ngaphandle kokuwa, ukucosha izinto nokuzisebenzisa ngokwemvelo, phatha izinto ezisindayo futhi udlule ezindaweni ezinzima kakhulu ngaphandle kokulahlekelwa ibhalansi yakho.
Kamuva, uhlobo lwesibonelo seluguquke kakhulu kangangokuthi ekugcineni kubonakala ngathi sekube yiphutha le- Android ekwaziyo ukwenza imisebenzi yobunzima obukhulu ngochungechunge lokunyakaza okushesha kakhulu futhi ngaphandle kokwenza impilo kube nzima kakhulu ukukufeza ngempumelelo. Namuhla yisikhathi sokukhuluma ngohlobo olusha lwe-Atlas, irobhothi manje elibonakala selifundile ukwenza uchungechunge olusha lokunyakaza namasu afanele umvocavoci womzimba.
Kunguqulo yayo yakamuva, i-Atlas iyakwazi ukuphenya nokuguqula ama-degree ayi-180
Njengoba ukwazi ukubona kuvidiyo ukuthi ngikushiye ulenga ngenhla kwale migqa nokuthi bekulokhu kunjalo Kuqoshwe futhi kwashicilelwa ngqo yiBoston Dynamics, singabona irobhothi beshesha kakhulu kunalokho ebesingakucabanga ekuqaleni, hhayi ize futhi njengoba ubona kuvidiyo, manje i-Atlas inikezwe ikhono elidingekayo lokwenza uchungechunge lwamaqhinga ayinkimbinkimbi ukubuyela emuva y I-180 degree iyaphenduka.
Ngokwami, kufanele ngivume ukuthi ibhalansi enkulu ekwazi ukukhombisa ezivivinyweni ezahlukahlukene ngaphansi kwalo. Uma wake walokotha uhlela uhlobo oluthile lwerobhothi, olulula noma oluyinkimbinkimbi ngokwengeziwe, uzobe usubonile ukuthi kungaba yinkinga enkulu kangakanani ukuhlela ipulatifomu enjengale, ikakhulukazi uma, nawe, kufanele ubheke ama-algorithms akho, amakhulu kakhulu inani lemininingwane, liyakwazi ukulahla ohlelweni zonke izinzwa umfuziselo ofana nalowo obona esibukweni okufanele uzifakile, into, ngokungangabazeki, ekhombisa ikhwalithi enkulu yezobuchwepheshe bonke onjiniyela baseBoston okufanele babe nayo Dynamics kubasebenzi.