Engineering and robotics company Boston Dynamics has released a new video showing off the latest version of Atlas, its bipedal humanoid machine - and the results are jaw-dropping.
The short clip, uploaded to YouTube on Wednesday, shows the "next generation" battery-powered robot walking in outdoor rough terrain, using its legs for balance, and picking up and stacking heavy boxes.
It's a far cry from its predecessors, which were bigger, tethered to an external power supply and often lost their balance.
The new robot, writes the Alphabet-owned company, uses sensors in its body and legs to balance and LIDAR stereo sensors - a form of laser light surveying technology - to avoid obstacles, assess terrain and adapt to changing circumstances.
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And just how do you demonstrate this? Bully it, of course.
The new video also shows an engineer poking, prodding and pushing the machine with a hockey stick until it eventually topples.
The result? Watch for yourself.
