Watch Boston Dynamics' Humanoid Robot Do Parkour

Boston Dynamics' Atlas humanoid robot can do a lot of things I can't, including backflips and running through snow without falling on its face. Now add parkour to that list of feats. In a new video, you can see Atlas bounding up a multi-layered platform, shifting its weight from its right foot to its left foot, and back to the right foot as it runs up the steps. Like Atlas' previous athletic achievements, the maneuver is hypnotizing. Atlas continues to bound through the uncanny valley, not to put humans in our place, but to get humanoid robots to a level where they can walk and, sure, sometimes do backflips among us.