He is definitely very far advanced, but academics still make very good walking robots. http://www.msl.ri.cmu.edu/projects/actuator/ http://www.msl.ri.cmu.edu/pr

He is definitely very far advanced, but academics still make very good walking robots. http://www.msl.ri.cmu.edu/projects/actuator/ http://www.msl.ri.cmu.edu/projects/actuator/ http://www.rhex.net/ http://www.rhex.net/ Some other efforts that come to mind help illustrate the territory. Honda made a horribly unscalable walking mechanism in the ASIMO. It will never be more than PR. The best work from CMU & MIT's Leg Lab got spun out into Boston Dynamics. You've probably seen their "big dog" video. http://www.bostondynamics.com/content/sec.php?section=BigDog http://www.bostondynamics.com/content/sec.php?section=BigDog Boston Dynamics is part boutique research firm and part startup. They'll probably be the first to sell a walking robot. Honda makes a clunker, and the hungry, small companies make something that will actually work.