Be afraid: DARPA unveils Terminator-like Atlas robot

Robot-at-arms: Atlas is 6 foot, 2 inches tall and weighs 330 pounds.

(Credit: DARPA/Boston Dynamics)

If you’re short of nightmare fuel, say hello to Atlas.

On Thursday, DARPA unveiled this hulking, 6-foot robot developed by Boston Dynamics, creator of the infamous BigDog and other scary creatures. Surprisingly, the 330-pound terror is designed to help us meatsacks.

Atlas is a testbed humanoid for disaster response, but it looks like it knows its way around a phased plasma rifle in the 40-watt range. Fortunately, it comes from Massachusetts, not the future.

We’ve seen hints of Atlas with Boston Dynamics’ Petman soldier robot, which can do pushups and run on a treadmill.

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