# Boston Dynamics fits Atlas with scooter wheels to push its leg motors to their limits under reinforcement learning

A whole-body policy trained in MuJoCo, combined with refined motor models, carried the wheeled humanoid through sideways dashes and a 360-degree spin jump. The company says the build will not be sold.

- Published: 2026-11-12T06:18:53.763Z
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Boston Dynamics engineers replaced the feet of the Atlas humanoid with scooter wheels. They did it to test reinforcement-learning algorithms and to probe the torque limits of the robot's actuators, the Russian-language channel AI ML Big Dat…

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