Atlas
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Atlas is a highly advanced humanoid robot developed by Boston Dynamics for DARPA, designed for complex, human-like mobility and manipulation in disaster-response and research environments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Atlas canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T334074 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Atlas Context triple: [DARPA Robotics Challenge, notableRobot, Atlas]
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A.
Atlas
Atlas is a Titan from Greek mythology best known for bearing the weight of the heavens on his shoulders as punishment from the gods.
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B.
Ascension
Ascension is a major Christian feast commemorating Jesus Christ’s bodily ascent into heaven 40 days after his resurrection.
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C.
Titan
Titan is the largest moon of Saturn and one of the most intriguing bodies in the Solar System, known for its dense nitrogen-rich atmosphere and hydrocarbon lakes.
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D.
Eureka
Eureka is the codename for the Eureka Conference, a World War II meeting between Allied leaders Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin held in Tehran in 1943.
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E.
Eureka
Eureka is a historic coastal city in Northern California known for its Victorian architecture, maritime heritage, and role as a regional cultural and economic center.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Atlas Target entity description: Atlas is a highly advanced humanoid robot developed by Boston Dynamics for DARPA, designed for complex, human-like mobility and manipulation in disaster-response and research environments.
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A.
Atlas
Atlas is a Titan from Greek mythology best known for bearing the weight of the heavens on his shoulders as punishment from the gods.
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B.
Ascension
Ascension is a major Christian feast commemorating Jesus Christ’s bodily ascent into heaven 40 days after his resurrection.
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C.
Titan
Titan is the largest moon of Saturn and one of the most intriguing bodies in the Solar System, known for its dense nitrogen-rich atmosphere and hydrocarbon lakes.
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D.
Eureka
Eureka is the codename for the Eureka Conference, a World War II meeting between Allied leaders Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin held in Tehran in 1943.
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E.
Eureka
Eureka is a historic coastal city in Northern California known for its Victorian architecture, maritime heritage, and role as a regional cultural and economic center.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bipedal robot
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humanoid robot ⓘ |
| controlType |
computer-controlled balance and locomotion
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hydraulic actuation ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| designedFor | DARPA Robotics Challenge ⓘ |
| developer | Boston Dynamics ⓘ |
| hasCapability |
autonomous navigation in rough terrain
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balancing ⓘ climbing ⓘ dynamic locomotion ⓘ getting up after falls ⓘ jumping ⓘ manipulating objects ⓘ perception-based manipulation ⓘ performing complex whole-body motions ⓘ running ⓘ using tools ⓘ walking ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
hands with fingers
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sensor head ⓘ torso ⓘ two arms ⓘ two legs ⓘ |
| hasMobilityType |
bipedal locomotion
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human-like mobility ⓘ |
| hasSensor |
IMU
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LIDAR ⓘ force sensors ⓘ joint position sensors ⓘ stereo cameras ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
Atlas Next Generation
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electric Atlas (2024) ⓘ original Atlas (2013) ⓘ Atlas ⓘ
surface form:
upgraded Atlas (2015)
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| height |
approximately 1.5 meters
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approximately 5 feet ⓘ |
| notableFor |
backflips and acrobatic motions
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dynamic agility demonstrations ⓘ parkour demonstrations ⓘ |
| organizationSupportedBy | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ⓘ |
| powerSource |
onboard battery (later versions)
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tethered power (early versions) ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
disaster response research
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research ⓘ |
| researchDomain |
humanoid control
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legged locomotion ⓘ robot manipulation ⓘ robotics ⓘ |
| unveiledBy | Boston Dynamics ⓘ |
| unveiledFor |
DARPA Robotics Challenge
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surface form:
DARPA Robotics Challenge 2013
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How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Atlas Description of subject: Atlas is a highly advanced humanoid robot developed by Boston Dynamics for DARPA, designed for complex, human-like mobility and manipulation in disaster-response and research environments.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.