Robots walking in the shoes of humans
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Engineers are using data to help robots walk like humans.
Engineers at the Amber lab at Caltech in California are using data to help robots walk more like humans. This research is led by Professor Aaron Ames in the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering. He joins Hari Sreenivasan via Google Hangout.
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Robots walking in the shoes of humans
Clip: Season 3 Episode 331 | 7m 13sVideo has Closed Captions
Engineers at the Amber lab at Caltech in California are using data to help robots walk more like humans. This research is led by Professor Aaron Ames in the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering. He joins Hari Sreenivasan via Google Hangout.
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