MABEL: University of Michigan Demonstrates Running Bipedal Robot—Sort Of

August 16th, 2011

This is from the description of the University of Michigan MABEL video on YouTube:

In our opinion, this is the most realistic, human-like running achieved on a robot.

Call me old fashioned, but most humans that I’ve seen running don’t require a boom to keep them from toppling over as they run. And they usually don’t run in circles—unless Tequila is involved.

But what I want you to do here is push the play button, close your eyes and listen to the sounds that it makes…

WOOOOH! That ought to get your pilomotor reflex going!

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One Response to “MABEL: University of Michigan Demonstrates Running Bipedal Robot—Sort Of”

  1. cgroove69 says:
    August 16, 2011 at 6:17 pm

    i jumped out of my seat!! first thing that came to mind was a marching army of these things. very scary indeed.

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