US robot Atlas enters film, shoots scenes for the first time

Atlas was used in filming for the first time by a US company. It helped shoot scenes by moving cameras and lifting heavy gear.

The robot helped film crews avoid risky places and worked with more accuracy than people.

WPP, a UK-based company, worked with Boston Dynamics and Canon to test how robots can help make videos and films.

Robots are now part of movie-making
WPP started a project to test how new tech like AI and robots can make hard shots possible.

Boston Dynamics joined when they saw WPP use their Spot robot. They wanted to try Atlas in the same way.

Robots like drones help capture scenes. Atlas is meant to support people, not replace them.

Atlas needed training data
Atlas needed lots of data to work on a movie set. But such data didn’t exist. So the team made the data using Nvidia Cosmos.

Nvidia Cosmos helps create fake but real-looking videos. These videos were used to train Atlas.

Atlas can work in hard spots
Atlas can carry 20 kg and stay steady, even in tough positions. It’s useful for shots that need to be done many times.

It can also go where people can’t, like on volcanoes.

“It was great to see Atlas working behind the camera. It felt like a dream,” said Enah Lee from WPP.

Boston Dynamics says Atlas is the most active robot ever. It can do tasks, stay balanced, and move with speed and power.

Recently, Atlas moved engine covers between boxes all by itself. It followed a list of where to go and what to move.

📌Source : interestingengineering