When we look at quadruped robots, it’s impossible not
to compare them to quadruped animals like dogs and cats. Over the last several
years, such robots have begun to approach
the capabilities of their biological counterparts under just a few very
specific situations, like walking without falling over. Biology provides a gold
standard that robots are striving
to reach, and it’s going to take us a very long time to make quadrupeds that
can do everything that animals can.
The cool thing about robots, though, is that they don’t
have to be constrained by biology, meaning that there’s always the potential
for them to learn new behaviors that animals simply aren’t designed for. At IROS
2019 last week, we saw one such example, with a quadruped robot that’s able to climb vertical
ladders.
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