Stable running and climbing stairs for robots is not a problem!

One of the participants in the contest DARPA Robotics Challenge will be the company Boston Dynamics, the most experienced player in the robotics market, which has in its arsenal of advanced solutions, and large real achievements. As proof that the company published a promotional video in conjunction with his old partner - Agency DARPA.

The report describes several projects on robotics. The first robot steadily up the stairs as fast as a person. The machine is equipped with a much poorer person, the robot from Boston Dynamics has only a couple of feet, shod in sneakers, and upper extremity, which ends with something like a fist. The mechanism relies on the wall and very briskly climbing the ladder in seconds. In slow motion we see that the robot makes mistakes, stumbles, but his work is efficient.

Robot PETMAN differs no less remarkable talent. He walks and runs, but it cleverly keeps the balance. Next to the robot is an operator which is quite sensitive pushes him in the shoulder, PETMAN makes a couple of steps away, but quickly returned to its former route. And for some reason, Boston Dynamics engineers are taught to the robot push-ups on the floor. It seems to become stronger.