{"id":24798,"date":"2026-04-04T10:16:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T01:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=24798"},"modified":"2026-04-04T10:16:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T01:16:16","slug":"robotic-legs-dance-climb-stairs-in-roadrunner-demo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=24798","title":{"rendered":"Robotic legs dance, climb stairs in Roadrunner demo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Robotics and AI Institute (RAI) has simply launched a video of its Roadrunner robotic. Though it lacks a torso, the bipedal bot greater than makes up for it by rolling, stomping, stair-climbing, and even exhibiting off whereas utilizing solely one among its legs.<\/p>\n<p>Launched in 2022 with a US$400-million funding from Hyundai Motor Group, the RAI is piloted by Marc Raibert, the founder and present Chairman of Boston Dynamics. In case you are not up in your robo-culture, Boston Dynamics (BD) is the corporate that is given us such spectacular robots because the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/ai-humanoids\/boston-dynamics-atlas-athletic\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>gymnastic Atlas<\/u><\/a>, and the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/robotics\/spot-backflip-robodog\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">dog-like Spot<\/a>, which made a giant splash within the leisure world final yr when a squad of them <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ptYDWP9uTis\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">carried out on TV present, <i>America&#8217;s Acquired Expertise<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Taking Raibert&#8217;s pedigree under consideration, and contemplating the agility exhibited by BD&#8217;s bots, it is no shock that RAI has simply launched this video of Roadrunner.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div class=\"VideoEnhancement\" data-video-disable-history=\"\">\n<div class=\"VideoEnhancement-player\"><ps-youtubeplayer data-video-player=\"\" class=\"YouTubeVideoPlayer\" data-player-id=\"fad1687551036459a949cb22e3bc6ac11\" data-video-id=\"9kae-UAME1U\" data-video-title=\"Meet \u201cRoadrunner&quot;: a bipedal, wheeled robot for multi-modal locomotion\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"9kae-UAME1U\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Meet \u201cRoadrunner&quot;: a bipedal, wheeled robot for multi-modal locomotion\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9kae-UAME1U?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/ps-youtubeplayer>\n<\/div>\n<p>Meet \u201cRoadrunner&#8221;: a bipedal, wheeled robotic for multi-modal locomotion<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As you possibly can see, the 15-kg (33-lb) Roadrunner is little greater than a pair of robotic legs atop two wheels. However they are surely some legs! Not solely can they roll alongside in a side-by-side configuration, however they&#8217;re additionally in a position to do exactly nice in an inline mode, the place one wheel rolls behind the opposite. They&#8217;re even in a position to roll up and down stairs, that&#8217;s once they&#8217;re not locked and stomping up and down them with about as a lot finesse as your drunk upstairs neighbor at two within the morning. However we digress.<\/p>\n<p>Along with additionally having the ability to stability on one wheel, Roadrunner exhibits the flexibility to modify instructions just by bending its &#8220;knees&#8221; the alternative method. &#8220;The robotic\u2019s legs are solely symmetric, permitting it to level its knees ahead or backward, which can be utilized to keep away from obstacles or handle particular actions,&#8221; says RAI.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, at this level, Roadrunner is extra of a proof of idea fairly than any type of helpful bot. However simply think about how spectacular will probably be as soon as the corporate offers it a torso and a few AI decision-making expertise.<\/p>\n<p>You may see extra of RAI&#8217;s robotic shenanigans on its <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@rai-inst\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube web page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Supply: <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/rai-inst.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">RAI<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '38456013908',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v3.3'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Robotics and AI Institute (RAI) has simply launched a video of its Roadrunner robotic. Though it lacks a torso, the bipedal bot greater than makes up for it by rolling, stomping, stair-climbing, and even exhibiting off whereas utilizing solely one among its legs. Launched in 2022 with a US$400-million funding from Hyundai Motor Group, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-24798","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-robotics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24798"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24800,"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24798\/revisions\/24800"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}