Empathy is just one of the characteristics that make us human and you surely felt it if you saw Boston Dynamics newest video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVlhMGQgDkY

In the video we see Atlas, the bipedal robot's newest iteration being pushed, tripped and for lack of a better word...bullied.

Boston Dynamics is the same engineering and robot design company that brought you unnerving videos that featured these robots seen below:

However, the mistreatment of these robots was not in vain.

For more on Boston Dynamics, the Atlas robot and the abuse it faced, Senior Editor at CNET Ashley Esqueda, joined A Martinez to discuss.

Hopefully, the robot uprising and takeover is not imminent.

To hear the full interview, press the blue play button above.