"That's scary good": Internet in splits as new video of Boston Dynamics' Atlas Robot surfaces online

On March 25, 2025, American robotics and engineering design company Boston Dynamics dropped a new video of their Atlas robot, and the Internet has been in a buzz ever since with hilarious reactions as the netizens watch the bot pull weird postures.

Picture this: a shiny humanoid robot strutting its stuff, giving all advanced tech vibes. But when its abilities are put on a short display, you see it doing gestures that look even funnier than a toddler dancing.

A netizen commented, (@iwritepunk/)

As the clip went viral, netizens had to do what they do best: uncover layers of this buzz with typical online humor. If you’ve seen the way Atlas contorts its limbs into positions that scream “Help! I’m stuck in a horror movie,” you're not alone.

Techies may have thought 2025 would be the year to witness flying cars, but watching Atlas would make anybody realize that 'dancing like a robot' needs a whole new meaning.

Did Boston Dynamics' Atlas unlock a weird dance ability (like those seen in dystopian films where robots have gone rogue)? Nobody really knew what Atlas was training for, and netizens have been equally unsure.

While a handful asked, 'what is he training for?', the video has also made several netizens ponder over the question of an AI takeover. Well, it might have eased their qualms momentarily to watch Atlas showing off myriad dance skills, as if he were practicing for some secret Robot flash mob performance.

However, this does not make one forget the existential dread that underlies all the humor. While some netizens seemed worried about Atlas, others were taking wild guesses regarding the future of AI.

So, even though one is to assume hypothetically that the world is entering the age of technological advancement of unimaginable proportion, the collective humor netizens have been displaying with regard to Atlas' dancing chops (if it can be called so) can perhaps give the most sophisticated AI a run for its money.

Internet in splits as new video of Boston Dynamics' Atlas Robot surfaces online

A netizen commented, (@debayo_xx /X)

what is this particular robot built to accomplish?

This X commenter shared, (@Bru3eTweets/X)

Atlas out here training for the robot Olympics while I’m still struggling to get off the couch without pulling a muscle

Another social media user commented, ( @GenoQuest/X)

This X user dropped the following comment, ( @Bigpapajohhn/X)

Did that robot just start break dancing?!

Another netizen posted, (@PvtDonutDJ88/X)

“Alexa, workout for me”

One last one before we sign off (@Leechyboy/X)

How did electric motors get that good?

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For now, it seems that the only thing Atlas is taking over is the world of memes while surreptitiously making way into the hearts of people online. From Robots cooking food like a Michelin Star chef and watering plants to attending conferences, we've seen it all.

But with Atlas entering the scene, it seems that everyone is in for more surprises than Boston Dynamics would let on.

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