Aug 31, 2022
5 min read
The bumpy road to a walking robot
The history of bipedal robots is bedeviled by the complexity of human locomotion
In 2013 a bipedal robot named MARLO walked several stiff steps across an engineering department lab at the University of Michigan. After stopping the robot from careening into a wall, one of its creators pumped his fist and said, “Yes!” with a grin that on its own shouted excitement.
