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​​After getting its Boston Dynamic Atlas robot to perform a brief balancing act on a thin strip of ply earlier this year, the Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition has loaded up a new algorithm that allows the bipedal bot to traverse tricky terrain.​

​Having previously shown off impressive capabilities dealing with uneven ground and being pushed around​, the humanoid Atlas robot built by Boston Dynamics has now demonstrated the ability to balance unaided on the edge of a plywood board less than an inch thick.

A video from the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) Robotics lab shows its Atlas robot vacuuming the lab.

The goal of DARPA's multi-year Robotics Challenge is to develop robots capable of reducing the danger of rescue and relief to victims and first responders alike. In December, DARPA will pit rescue robots against a series of tasks that represent disaster scenarios.

The X1 Robotic Exoskeleton uses robotic technology for a dual-use exoskeleton that has applications for both astronauts on long space missions and the walking impaired on Earth.

A project at Florida International University is developing telepresence robots that would allow disabled law enforcement officers get back on the beat.

MIT and IHMC researchers are working on an ostrich-like bipedal sprinting robot.