An improved version of the robot DURUS quite confidently able to mimic the human gait. However, he was able to overcome the two-kilometer distance is not stumbled once.
The new design of this model allows to make a mechanical gait of the robot more natural. The project is implemented by researchers at Stanford Institute.
Now DURUS moves almost human, walking from heel to toe. Previously, researchers could not achieve a similar effect in robotics as all previous generations had a smooth and very big in magnitude foot.
It gave the car stability, but her aesthetic appreciation was suffering. I believe that in the future, DURUS will be able to run like human beings.
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The energy efficiency of the robot has also risen by almost two times due to released during human gait” of kinetic energy.
