VIDEO: Boston Dynamics Shows Off Latest Robot 'Handle'

We already got a peek at Boston Dynamics' latest robot thanks to a leaked video, but now the Alphabet-owned business firm is ready to officially introduce the world to its new rolling nightmare.

Dubbed Handle, the research bot is taller and more athletic than virtually humans, with a torso that morphs similar a Transformer. It stands 6.5 feet tall, can travel at 9 miles per hr and jump four feet in the air.

Boston Dynamics on Monday posted a video of Handle in action. Check information technology out beneath to run across the robot buzzing around a warehouse, doing spins similar an ice skater, traversing uneven surfaces, doing squats, picking upwardly and transporting 100-pound crates, and jumping hurdles.

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The robot "uses electric power to operate both electric and hydraulic actuators, with a range of virtually 15 miles on ane battery accuse," Boston Dynamics wrote in the video's clarification. "Handle uses many of the same dynamics, residuum and mobile manipulation principles plant in the quadruped and biped robots nosotros build, but with only about x actuated joints, it is significantly less complex."

Boston Dynamics added that the combination of wheels and legs gives Handle "the best of both worlds."

"Wheels are efficient on flat surfaces while legs can become almost anywhere," they wrote.

Nosotros first got a look at Handle before this month when venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson posted a video of the robot captured during a live presentation to investors.

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