Seems like such a laborious task to make them so humanoid. That shot of it walking through the snow and catching itself when it starts to slip up is pretty impressive though... can't imagine how much time was spent programming, testing, modifying the code until it was actually able to catch itself like that. I wonder if they put it on a different terrain if the same code would hold up, or would different programs/code be requires for different terrain?
The thing still has a really long way to go though. Humans when they walk, also have a lot of torso and shoulder movement involved... a simple stride is like a complete movement of the body not just legs. Until they nail that down it seems the bipedal robots will always be at a disadvantage when it comes to walking/balancing. Wonder how long before they craft a single robot that can beat every gold medalist of the olympics in their respective competitions.
