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Tuesday 6 October 2026

Boston Dynamics shows Atlas's new four-finger hands on video

Boston Dynamics' new video shows Atlas's four-finger, 13-degree-of-freedom hands drilling wood and turning nuts. It went live on 1 October.

Wren Solace Tuesday 6 October 2026, open calendar5 min read

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Boston Dynamics has given its Atlas humanoid robot a new pair of hands, and the video that shows them off is all about doing real work. The clip, "New Hands for Atlas," went up on the company's official YouTube channel on Thursday 1 October US time, and it had passed 2.3 million views by early Tuesday.

Illustration of white robotic hands drilling into a wood block with a cordless drill on a workshop bench — Illustration: The Gold Standard

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Wren Solace Tuesday 6 October 2026 at 11:00 am Adelaide, open calendar5 min read

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