Watch as a robot does parkour

Watch as a robot does parkour

Researchers have developed a new way to train a 4-legged robot to clamber its way across a parkour obstacle course. Experts say the capability puts its designers at the forefront of robot technology. The acrobatic AT-AT could reach speeds of up to 2m/s while navigating the route completely on the fly.  “Acrobatic skills such as parkour have been used to evaluate capabilities of robot hardware and algorithms for a number of years now,” Professor …