Robotics Boston Dynamics, May 18 Tech Blog: Atlas Learned To Carry A 110-Pound Fridge It Had Never Seen Via 「Zero-Shot Sim-To-Real Transfer」 — Trained On 50–70 lbs In GPU-Parallel RL Simulation, Generalised Past 100 With No Retraining, Whole-Body Proprioception, Six Weeks From January Production Debut. May 22 Footnote: OSHA Has No Regulation For Any Of This, ISO 25785-1 Standard Still Two Years Out, Hyundai's 25,000-Unit Order Lands Inside The Gap
Boston Dynamics' May 18 tech blog explained the training method behind Atlas lifting 110+ pounds: GPU-parallel RL, proprioception, zero-shot transfer from 50–70 lb simulation to physical loads it never trained on. May 22 follow-on: no OSHA rule applies, ISO 25785-1 won't publish before 2026 or 2027. The 25,000-unit Hyundai order arrives inside that gap.