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Boston Dynamics' CEO, Marc Raibert, was a professor at CMU at the same time, and Marc and Ivan are good pals. Little-known fact: Ivan convinced Marc to start d
by GeorgeTirebiter 7y ago
Boston Dynamics' CEO, Marc Raibert, was a professor at CMU at the same time, and Marc and Ivan are good pals. Little-known fact: Ivan convinced Marc to start doing work in legged locomotion! So, in a way, Ivan is responsible for modern legged locomotion by 'seeding' the field with a genius like Marc Raibert! Here's some of what was going on at CMU at the same time as Ivan's Walker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG_ZKXo6Rlg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG_ZKXo6Rlg
- bpicolo 7y agoThis video was extremely cool. Thanks for sharing! Legged robots are so endearing.
- GeorgeTirebiter 7y agoGlad you liked it. Boston Dynamics is an overnight success only 40-ish years in the making... ! See also this Scientific American article of theirs https://www.academia.edu/28215739/Machines_That_Walk https://www.academia.edu/28215739/Machines_That_Walk