Want to make robots run faster? Try letting AI take control - The Verge

Researchers at MIT have used machine learning to help their four-legged robots run faster. AI uses trial and error to develop styles of locomotion that are unusual to look at but faster than those coded by humans.

AI can help develop methods of locomotion that are unconventional but fast MITs Mini Cheetah robot takes off running. Image: MIT Quadrupedal robots are becoming a familiar sight, but engineers ar… [+3939 chars]

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