“It seems like just yesterday that ATLAS was stumbling over a simulated debris field, and now we see it balancing on one foot on the edge of a thin sheet of plywood. It’s like putting a crawling infant on the ground for a few seconds while you tend to something else, and then turning back to find it asking for your car keys so it can go to the mall, or join the Army.” Think how many decisions it requires to be made. Read and watch the latest robotics progress here.