Researchers train bipedal robots to step lightly over rough terrain

Researchers train bipedal robots to step lightly over rough terrain

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https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/28/researchers-train-bipedal-robots-to-step-lightly-over-rough-terrain/

Researchers at the Hybrid Robotics Group at UC Berkeley and CMU are hard at work making sure their robots don’t fall over when tiptoeing through rough terrain. Using machine learning and ATRIAS robots, the teams are able to “teach” robots to traverse stepping stones they’ve never seen before.

Their robots, described here, are unique in that they are bipedal and use a mixture of balance and jumping to ensure they don’t tip off the blocks.