The Clever Clumsiness of a Robot Teaching Itself to Walk
The Clever Clumsiness of a Robot Teaching Itself to Walk
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
January 9, 20195m 50s
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Show Notes
It’s easy to watch a baby finally learn to walk after hours upon hours of trial and error and think, OK, good work, but do you want a medal or something? Well, maybe only a childless person like me would think that, so credit where credit is due: It’s supremely difficult for animals like ourselves to manage something as everyday as putting one foot in front of the other. It’s even more difficult to get robots to do the same.
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