How a Real Dog Taught a Robot Dog to Walk.

We at CharacterTowns.org, like you, have seen videos of biped robots walking and climbing small berms and rocky slopes, so the attached dog story is not surprise, except in the way the robot dog learned. Here in April 2020, our times are all about remote engagements, of all types. The most interesting is on-line learning and teaching. The dog story from WIRED says the robot dog learned from watching a video. Think of the human implications.

Instead of coding a mechanical quadruped’s movements line by line, Google researchers fed it videos of real-life pups. Now it can even chase its tail.