Sony's quadruped walks on cracked pavement with passive-stability spherical feet
BLUECOW009 · x · 2026-10-09
Sony's quadruped robot stays stable on cracked pavement thanks to spherical feet: the rounded contact surface provides passive stability, letting the robot shift weight in any direction without complex ankle joints. Commenter BLUECOW009 argues this kind of mechanically simple design will be far more common than humanoids in the future.
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