"Roadrunner": a bipedal, wheeled robot for multi-modal locomotion [video]

4 comments

• kavalg 52 minutes ago
  Cool! Does anyone have a list of challenges that must be tackled before such humanoid robots become usable for tasks such as household chores, cooking etc?
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  • sassymuffinz 19 minutes ago
    I’m sorry Dave, the best we can do with this robot is to make it capable of doing your job so you can focus on doing your chores and cooking.
• tpurves 1 hour ago
  So between AI and robots that can do this, humans are basically done right? I am going to bed.
• matt-attack 3 days ago
  Very impressive! I’ve not seen this configuration before.
• Mistletoe 1 hour ago
  What are the advantages to this compared to something more stable like 3 or 4 wheels that can’t just fall over?
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  • liuliu 1 hour ago
    Close enough to a humanoid then you can move to places that humans can move to / around.
  • elil17 1 hour ago
    Ability to walk up stairs?