The Google-owned company has since officially unveiled the robot, and this week released a video that showcases the full range of Handle’s capabilities. According to Boston Dynamics, the 6.5ft machine can travel at 9mph, vertically jump four feet in the air, and travel up to 15 miles on a single charge. New tricks on display in the official video include Handle rolling down stairs at speed, tackling ramps and snowy banks, and lifting a crate weighing 100lbs.
According to the MIT spinout, the robot uses both electric motors and hydraulic actuators, incorporating many of the same dynamics, balance and mobile manipulation principles found in its quadruped and biped robots.
Comment: The UK is closer to deindustrialisation than reindustrialisation
"..have been years in the making" and are embedded in the actors - thus making it difficult for UK industry to move on and develop and apply...