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Re:Extreme Parkour with Legged Robots by TulliusCicero on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @04:01AM (#37829587)
Well, for one obvious reason, that's not terribly interesting from a scientific perspective.

For the other, legs are more versatile than wheels, especially when it comes to uneven terrain.

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Re:Extreme Parkour with Legged Robots by moffkalast on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @04:54AM (#37829858)
The best solution would be to add wheels as feet which gives you the best of both worlds. It does however add even more cost to an already outrageously priced robot.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/wheels-are-better-than-feet-for-le...

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Re:Extreme Parkour with Legged Robots by Cyphonetic on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @05:16AM (#37829986)
The robot that they used is 14k, down from boston Dynamics 75k, and they also have another which is available for 5k which you possibly might be able to do the same thing with it too.

Outragously expensive is not correct if you ask me.

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