There's Finally a Way to Keep Robots From Walking Like Toddlers

As impressive as Honda's Asimo robot is, it still walks like a small child perpetually taking its first careful steps. So to ensure that one day robots will be able to fight our wars, clean our homes, and dominate us at sports, researchers at the Humanoid Robotics Institute at Waseda University have redesigned their robot's lower legs to function more naturally like a human's.

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