A humanoid robot is teaching itself to walk and eventually run around a California research lab.
Dexter took its first tentative steps only a few days after it first discovered how to stand upright.
Dexter’s designers say their robot differs from commercially available predecessors because it can learn from its mistakes.
It is the culmination of six years’ work by Anybots, an independent research group of three engineers.
Walking robot steps up the pace (BBC)
Links to (far too much) previous robot ‘varkage after the jump.
- Awesome New Japan
- Robot Lib
- Holy Crap, Robots!
- Listening Robot
- Bruce Lee Robots?!
- This Could Have Been a Headline of the Day (Giant Robot Imprisons Parked Cars)
- My Android Clone
- Chinese Farmer Forced to Sell Robot Son
- Curious Robots Evolve Their Own Language
- World Cup? Yeah, Whatever (RoboCup)
- This is Exceedingly Weird (robotic mule)
- Slimebot is Afraid of the Dark!
- Robot Rebellion Tips
- Robo Arm-Wrestler
- Harp-Playing Robot
- Attack of the Robot Professors
- Whole New Meaning for “Rolling Walk”
- Robofish
- Twitchy Robot Dog Art
- Housebot
- Roachbot
- Way Better Than BaconWhores
- It’s 2005: Must Destroy Optimus Prime
- Can Also Be Fitted With Poison Darts
- Guardrobo
- Whoa, Freaky (ReplieeQ1 humanoid)
- Soft Machine
- Hold Me Closer, Tinny Dancer
- Warning: Contains Yodeling (and Sausage)
- Disturbing Robot Dance
- Moving Right Along (RABBIT)
- “It helps to build itself.”
- Robotics Miscellany
- Flying Robotic Whales to Deliver Broadband
- NASA is Creeping Me Out
- Them (ANTS)
- Mechagodzilla Cannot Be Too Far Behind
- Brought to You by Giant Robots from the Future
For even more, see my semi-abandoned robot weblog (and say hello to Tal):
they’re made out of meat