A robot dog has taught itself to walk in just one hour in a similar way to how newborn animals learn to quickly stand on their own feet after birth.

Morti, the mechanical canine, was programmed with an algorithm which resembles the central nervous system and which acts reflexively correcting walking mistakes in real time, rather than following complicated programming. 

The robot learned to walk by continuously evaluating feedback from sensors telling it whether its feet were striking the ground correctly, and monitoring its overall balance, and smoothness of movement.   

If it stumbled, the learning algorithm made adjustments, such as how far the legs swung back and forth, how fast the legs moved, and how long the legs were left on the ground. 

Read more: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/07/18/meet-morti-mechanical-dog-can-teach-how-walk/

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