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Re:Ghost Robotics' Minitaur Quadruped Conquers Stairs, Doors... by jotux on Monday September 19, 2016 @11:31PM (#12536819)
Reminds me of this robot from a researcher at McGill: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.61....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW5FR3rmI4w

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Re:Ghost Robotics' Minitaur Quadruped Conquers Stairs, Doors... by Animats on Tuesday September 20, 2016 @12:02AM (#12536964)
That's where Boston Dynamics got their legged locomotion technology. They hired the professor at McGill, Dr. Martin Buehler, who was in charge of that project.
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