Getting robots to walk like humans is a tricky (and reliably amusing) exercise. Mimicking the product of hundreds of thousands of years of evolution using servos instead of muscles usually leads to robots that stumble, bumble, and fall flat on their shiny metal asses. We're getting better at it though, and a team of engineers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have come up with a handy method of improving their robot's ability to stride: a pair of decent shoes.
Okay, so it's a little more more complicated than just heading over to Foot Locker to get the DURUS robot sized up for a pair of Nike Airs, but it is all about how we copy human characteristics. Usually, bipedal robots have flat feet that are optimized to provide a stable...
Someone finally gave a robot a decent pair of shoes
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