Walking like a human

Below is the PETMAN, a research by Boston Dynamics and funded by US Department of Defense.

Natural, agile movement is essential for PETMAN to simulate how a soldier stresses protective clothing under realistic conditions. The robot will have the shape and size of a standard human, making it the first anthropomorphic robot that moves dynamically like a real person.

Here to its page.

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