We've certainly come a long way from Asimo to robots like Boston Dynamic's Atlas doing parkour and backflips, but Asimo was SOTA when it came out - back in the

We've certainly come a long way from Asimo to robots like Boston Dynamic's Atlas doing parkour and backflips, but Asimo was SOTA when it came out - back in the day I took a trip from NJ to Philly to see him being demonstrated at the science museum there, doing things like jogging in a circle or climbing up a set of steps. Now that the motion part of robotics is pretty much solved, we need grippers and sensors - still being worked on - then enough of a brain to be easily taught new skills and be able to perform them reliably in real-world conditions. I know I'm going to be downvoted for this, but I have to say that Teslabot shuffling along with what appears to be clenched butt cheeks looks more Asimo era in terms of dynamics than SOTA. It's not even clear if it has dynamic balance or depends on keeping center of mass over its feet.