From Julia Fox to Kamala Harris, many celebrities are embracing the ‘Brat Summer’ trend.
Now, a rather unexpected figure has hopped on Charli XCX’s bandwagon – Boston Dynamics’ humanoid robot, Atlas.
Boston Dynamics has posted a new video showing the bot performing press-ups to Charli XCX’s song, 360.
The tech giant jokingly captioned the video ‘BRATlas’, in reference to Charli XCX’s album.
‘Get that full burpee going, Atlas slackin!’ one user joked, while another added: ‘The robot is better at doing push-ups than me.’
A rather unexpected figure has hopped on Charli XCX’s bandwagon – Boston Dynamics’ humanoid robot, Atlas
Atlas is Boston Dynamics’ humanoid robot, and is described by the firm as ‘the world’s most dynamic robot.’
The robot is fully electric and features an advanced control system and state-of-the-art hardware.
This gives it the power and balance to demonstrate advanced athletics and agility.
‘We use Atlas to explore the potential of the humanoid form factor, leveraging the robot’s whole body to move with grace, speed, and dexterity,’ Boston Dynamics explains on its website.
‘Atlas demonstrates our efforts to develop the next generation of robots with the mobility, perception, and intelligence needed to be commonplace in our lives.’
In the new video, Atlas plants its feet wide apart, before squatting down and placing its hands on the floor. It jumps its feet back, before performing eight impressive push-ups
The movements are impressively human-like, and have been praised by hundreds of fans in the comments
In the new video, Atlas plants its feet wide apart, before squatting down and placing its hands on the floor.
It jumps its feet back, before performing eight impressive push-ups.
Finally, its jumps its feet back in, before returning to a standing position.
The movements are impressively human-like, and have been praised by hundreds of fans in the comments.
‘I think this is a compliment, but with the last one, I could definitely 100% tell it was a real robot,’ one user wrote.
‘This one I’m like 95% charts a real robot and 5% sure that it’s a person. So good job I guess.’
Another added: ‘You thought you could slip this one under the radar, huh BD? Amazing form on that pushup!’
And one joked: ‘I can only dream of squat depth that deep.’