A new Japanese robot named R Daneel (from a robot character in several books by Isaac Asimov) has the impressive ability (for a robot) of being able to get back on its feet after a fall.
There’s a video of it in action here.
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August 19, 2005
A new Japanese robot named R Daneel (from a robot character in several books by Isaac Asimov) has the impressive ability (for a robot) of being able to get back on its feet after a fall.
There’s a video of it in action here.
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