The field of robotics is steadily advancing, one metallic step at a time.
Unconvinced? Just take a look at a new demonstration video from Massachusetts robotics company Boston Dynamics, featuring PETMAN, their anthropomorphic robot that walks in place, maintains its balance when pushed, crouches and does pushups with the fluidity of some humans. And all without a head. (H/T: Danger Room)The robot is the latest eye-catching machine from Boston Dynamics, a robotics company spun off in 1992 and led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Marc Raibert. To date, the company is perhaps best known around the Web for videos of its Big Dog robotic pack animal in action. The new humanoid robot uses much of the same motion technology as the Big Dog.
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