The robots were just a little too slick.

  • Warl0k3@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    Not trying to be contrary here: have you taken any robotics courses? We do walking algorithms for our sophomore classes now, as an intro to complex multivariate simulation. Desktop sized, but motion tracking for telemetry control of end effectors is a common enough student project that we’ve started requiring people to modify their project proposals so they’re not just implementing some online tutorial by rote. (SLAM on hexapods is another classic undergrad project, though one that doesn’t have nearly as much direct applicability to the topic at hand)

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      34 minutes ago

      I’m not trying to be contrary either - I really haven’t had any exposure to this sort of thing in a long time. I’m not talking about software. Do undergrad-level classes really have access to hardware capable of bipedal motion now? I briefly looked up bipedal robots just now and I didn’t find anything capable of walking other than the products of serious robotics companies (which I was already aware of).