Atlas presents match ball during FIFA World Cup halftime demonstration
Boston Dynamics publicly demonstrated the production Atlas at the Norway–Brazil World Cup round-of-16 match in New Jersey.
Evidence notes
- Atlas carried the ceremonial match ball to the referee and performed goal celebrations during the July 5 halftime activation.
- The team trained whole-body behaviors with reinforcement learning and tested the robot on outdoor turf under stadium-like lighting, noise and communications conditions.
Company context
Boston Dynamics builds high-performance mobile robots including Spot for industrial and field inspection, Stretch for warehouse trailer unloading, and Atlas for advanced humanoid mobility.