> "BlueBiped, the Passive Walking Robot has no motors, no sensors,
> no power source, yet in a test last year it was able to walk around
> 15km in 13 hours. The robot is a set of aluminium legs with the same
> weight and proportions as human legs. Created by Nagoya Institute
> of Technology in Japan, the legs are given a slight push and they can
> walk with a human gait, using their own weight, down a slight slope.
> Like humans, the robot walks by falling forwards"
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> http://youtu.be/rhu2xNIpgDE
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> http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/101525-bluebiped-a-human-like-walking-=
robot-that-
> requires-no-power-source

Oh, so they have scaled up small plastic toys that were available when I wa=
s a kid ...

I'm just trying to see where the advance in technology is here ...


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