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Nature is out to kill everything so a newborn animal must learn to walk on its legs as fast as possible to avoid predators. Learning the precise coordination of leg muscles and tendons takes some time and initially baby animals rely heavily on hard-wired spinal cord reflexes.
Researchers think outside the “bird” box when it comes to robotic mobility.
Researchers wanted to know how animals learn to walk and learn from their stumbling, so they built a four-legged, dog-sized robot to simulate it.
The robot learns to walk by continuously comparing sent and expected sensor information.
The robot learns to walk by continuously comparing sent and expected sensor information.