Humanoid robots are stepping out of R&D labs and into the working world. But how can people co-exist safely around them and how is trust in these industrial machines earned? The key isn’t making them look human, but making them entirely predictable.

Join Mario Bollini, Director of Human-Robot Interaction at Boston Dynamics, and Leland Hepler, UI designer and former Disney and video game animator, as they take you under the hood of the Atlas robot. Discover how Boston Dynamics is merging engineering and AI with classic animation techniques to shape the future of industrial workplace collaboration.

In this webinar, you’ll discover:

  • Communicating Intent: How anticipatory cues and “thinking” behaviors are used to signal a robot’s current status to everyone around it.
  • Safety: How Atlas is designed to work autonomously alongside humans without safety caging.
  • The AI Shift: How Large Language Models (LLMs) are shifting robots away from rigid, pre-programmed scripts toward more natural interactions.
  • Embracing the Mechanical Form: Why leaning into a machine’s form rather than chasing human mimicry is the key to conquering the Uncanny Valley.