Rohit Prasad: Boston Dynamics tests frontier RL and actuation on wheeled Atlas
Fowe · x · 2026-11-10
Rohit Prasad, former Amazon Alexa AI chief now at Boston Dynamics, says what impressed him most since joining is the team's technical curiosity and excellence. The company is testing state-of-the-art RL and actuation with wheeled Atlas — not just flashy, but making the robot more robust and reliable in real work.
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