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Re:IHMC Teaches Atlas to Walk Like a Human by budadre75 on Thursday December 13, 2018 @08:24PM (#18677667)
Roboticists have built passive walking robots like the one from Cornell, it walked 5.6 miles without power. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDljbN7eJ5Y Japanese roboticists have built passive walking robot with locking knees: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhu2xNIpgDE
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Re:IHMC Teaches Atlas to Walk Like a Human by tkoolen on Thursday December 13, 2018 @10:49PM (#18678321)
Exactly. The thing that hasn't been figured out yet is how to combine the energy efficiency and aesthetics of passive walking with the versatility needed to have the robot do useful work, especially in a principled way.
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Re:IHMC Teaches Atlas to Walk Like a Human by clairity on Friday December 14, 2018 @12:13PM (#18682443)
nice! i had seen an earlier prototype of the cornell walker but it’s really great to see this record-setting video!
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