> On the shift from hydraulic to electric: for years Marc Raibert and others at Boston Dynamics expressed doubts that a non-hydraulic humanoid could be made to

> On the shift from hydraulic to electric: for years Marc Raibert and others at Boston Dynamics expressed doubts that a non-hydraulic humanoid could be made to perform as well in that package. Then Schaft won the DARPA Robotic Challenge in 2013 with their all-electric humanoid robot with liquid-cooled motors. They beat out Boston Dynamics' Atlas. Then Google bought Schaft. Google got bored with robotics, couldn't find a buyer for them, and Schaft was shut down, along with several other Google robotics acquisitions. [1] https://www.darpa.mil/program/darpa-robotics-challenge https://www.darpa.mil/program/darpa-robotics-challenge