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At one point a background dancer does a backflip, and by the end everything is literally on fire.
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Leila Sales, SPIN, 7 May 2024
In the following slide, the father of three shared a video of his son doing a backflip into the sand.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 2 May 2024
The company posted its first video of Atlas doing a backflip in 2017; more than six years later, the robot still is not commercially available.
—Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 1 May 2024
In the following slide, Hemsworth shared a video of his son doing a backflip into the sand.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2024
While Gosling and his competitive cohorts can do backflips, Rollerblade, and smoothly glide into disco dance moves, Allan is less coordinated.
—Vulture, 15 Dec. 2023
Other bipedal robots, like Boston Dynamics’ Atlas, can already perform backflips and chuck large objects.
—Popular Science, 29 Feb. 2024
Archer was a member of Nitro Circus and was the first rider to land a triple backflip in competition in 2022.
—USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
Archer was last seen performing a triple backflip during a Nitro Circus Live Show in Jay, Oklahoma, in June 2023, per CBS Sports.
—Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2024
Leila Sales, SPIN, 7 May 2024
In the following slide, the father of three shared a video of his son doing a backflip into the sand.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 2 May 2024
The company posted its first video of Atlas doing a backflip in 2017; more than six years later, the robot still is not commercially available.
—Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 1 May 2024
In the following slide, Hemsworth shared a video of his son doing a backflip into the sand.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2024
While Gosling and his competitive cohorts can do backflips, Rollerblade, and smoothly glide into disco dance moves, Allan is less coordinated.
—Vulture, 15 Dec. 2023
Other bipedal robots, like Boston Dynamics’ Atlas, can already perform backflips and chuck large objects.
—Popular Science, 29 Feb. 2024
Archer was a member of Nitro Circus and was the first rider to land a triple backflip in competition in 2022.
—USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
Archer was last seen performing a triple backflip during a Nitro Circus Live Show in Jay, Oklahoma, in June 2023, per CBS Sports.
—Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2024
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“Backflip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/backflip. Accessed 14 May. 2024.
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backflip
noun
back·flip
-ˌflip 
: a backward somersault especially in the air
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