A Berkeley Bipedal Robot Runs Outdoors

Matthew Berman shares a brief clip of a two-legged research robot moving outdoors.

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Matthew Berman introduces a UC Berkeley bipedal robot and shows footage of it running on outdoor terrain. A support frame is visible in part of the footage. The short clip gives no measured speed or comprehensive assessment of autonomy.

  1. 1A bipedal research robotBerman introduces a two-legged robot from UC Berkeley.
  2. 2Outdoor footageThe video shows the robot moving outside; a support frame is visible in part of the demonstration.
  3. 3The sourceBerman identifies UC Berkeley as the source without giving a specific speed measurement.

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  1. The clip shows a two-legged robot associated with UC Berkeley.
  2. The footage includes outdoor running and a visible support frame.
  3. Berman calls the robot fast, but the clip supplies no measured speed or general reliability results.
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An outdoor bipedal demo

Berman introduces a Berkeley robot and shows footage of it moving outdoors. The short clip does not give quantitative results.

The outdoor robot demonstration
SLIDE 1 / 1The outdoor robot demonstrationA bipedal robot moves outside with a support frame visible.

I call this the year of robots and show a two-legged robot from UC Berkeley running outdoors. I describe it as fast, but the clip provides no measured speed.

The footage shows the robot moving on outdoor terrain with a support frame visible in part of the sequence. It is a selected research demonstration, not a full assessment of independent operation or reliability.

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