28 August, 2012

Robotic swagger like John Travolta

PETMAN runs like the cheerful womanizer Tony Manero (John Travolta) from Staying Alive (1983). The robot lab Boston Dynamics, and sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of the U.S. Army, shows that robots alongside limping can move smoother and slicker too.

httpvh://youtu.be/EcOi6npIsVc

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