For his latest trick, Atlas the headless humanoid robot does parkour

You've seen him hop on boxes, run across a field and execute backflips with the precision of a professional gymnast. Perhaps it seems only natural that Atlas ---- the humanoid robot and YouTube sensation created and periodically updated on video by tech company Boston Dynamics ---- has begun mastering another sophisticated form of human movement: parkour. In the company's latest 29-second teaser, Atlas can be seen jumping over a log using one leg before nimbly bounding up increasingly high wooden boxes, his mechanical limbs adjusting midair to maintain balance in a fashion that seems unmistakably human. "The control software uses the whole body including legs, arms and torso, to marshal the energy and strength for jumping over the log and leaping up the steps without breaking its pace," the company said in a statement posted on YouTube. "Atlas uses computer vision to locate itself with respect to visible markers on the approach to hit the terrain accurately."