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Teams Build Robots That Walk Like Humans
The typical industrial robot follows a predetermined sequence of actions, such as welding car parts together on an assembly line. Robots that use rules to make adjustments of their motion have only recently been developed.
The typical industrial robot follows a predetermined sequence of actions, such as welding car parts together on an assembly line. Robots that use rules to make adjustments of their motion have only recently been developed.
Engineers studying the human gait have developed a walking robot.<ref>[http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/02/050223135307.htm Teams Build Robots That Walk Like Humans]</ref>
==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* Arrick, Roger, and Nancy Stevenson. ''Robot Building for Dummies'' (2003) [http://www.amazon.com/Robot-Building-Dummies-Roger-Arrick/dp/0764540696/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257895603&sr=1-15 excerpt and text search]
* Arrick, Roger, and Nancy Stevenson. ''Robot Building for Dummies'' (2003) [http://www.amazon.com/Robot-Building-Dummies-Roger-Arrick/dp/0764540696/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257895603&sr=1-15 excerpt and text search]