Google's Atlas robot taught to do household chores BBC News

One of the most advanced and expensive robots in existence has been taught how to do housework. Researchers at Florida&Institute for Human and Machine Cognition have programmed an Atlas android to operate a vacuum cleaner and pick up rubbish. The machine - which cost several million dollars - was built by Google&Boston Dynamics division, and is designed to let independent roboticists try out their code. IHMC previously used the machine to enter the Pentagon&Darpa Robotics Challenge, which pitted teams from across the globe against each other to develop droids capable of helping in natural disasters.