Boston Dynamics and Toyota Research Institute show Atlas packing and sorting with one large behavior model controlling its whole body

Boston Dynamics/Atlas

Boston Dynamics and Toyota Research Institute showed Atlas performing packing, sorting and organising items while walking, recovering when boxes were closed or moved mid-task. A single neural network—a large behavior model trained from human demonstrations—controls the whole body, treating hands and feet alike.

• Large Behavior Model (LBM) unifies whole-body control; no separation between walking/balance and arm control.
• Demonstrations from humans; model learns task intent and executes it robustly across perturbation.
• Long-horizon sequencing: packing → sorting → walking → recovery from closed/moved boxes mid-task.
• LBM approach: new skills added quickly via demos, no hand-coded controllers; scales to more capable behaviours.