Marc Raibert

For a quadruped, probably. Of course, it was probably the loudest, too. So we had this little racing go-kart engine on it, and we would get people from three buildings away sending us, complaining about how loud it was.

Well, it's always a balance between wanting to get where you really want to get and what's practical to do based on your resources or what you know and all that. So, I mean, the whole idea of the pogo stick was to do simplification. Obviously, it didn't look like a human.

Well, it's always a balance between wanting to get where you really want to get and what's practical to do based on your resources or what you know and all that. So, I mean, the whole idea of the pogo stick was to do simplification. Obviously, it didn't look like a human.

Well, it's always a balance between wanting to get where you really want to get and what's practical to do based on your resources or what you know and all that. So, I mean, the whole idea of the pogo stick was to do simplification. Obviously, it didn't look like a human.

I think a technical scientist could appreciate that we were capturing some of the things that are important in human locomotion without it looking complicated. like it without having a knee and ankle. I'll tell you the first sketch that Ben Brown made when we were talking about building this thing was a very complicated thing with zillions of springs, lots of joints.

I think a technical scientist could appreciate that we were capturing some of the things that are important in human locomotion without it looking complicated. like it without having a knee and ankle. I'll tell you the first sketch that Ben Brown made when we were talking about building this thing was a very complicated thing with zillions of springs, lots of joints.

I think a technical scientist could appreciate that we were capturing some of the things that are important in human locomotion without it looking complicated. like it without having a knee and ankle. I'll tell you the first sketch that Ben Brown made when we were talking about building this thing was a very complicated thing with zillions of springs, lots of joints.

It looked much more like a kangaroo or an ostrich or something like that, things we were paying a lot of attention to at the time. Um, you know, so my job was to, uh, say, okay, well let's do something simpler to get started and maybe we'll get there at some point.

It looked much more like a kangaroo or an ostrich or something like that, things we were paying a lot of attention to at the time. Um, you know, so my job was to, uh, say, okay, well let's do something simpler to get started and maybe we'll get there at some point.

It looked much more like a kangaroo or an ostrich or something like that, things we were paying a lot of attention to at the time. Um, you know, so my job was to, uh, say, okay, well let's do something simpler to get started and maybe we'll get there at some point.

Oh yeah. We, we did, uh, we filmed and digitized, uh, data from horses. I did a dissection of a ostrich at one point, which has absolutely remarkable legs.

Oh yeah. We, we did, uh, we filmed and digitized, uh, data from horses. I did a dissection of a ostrich at one point, which has absolutely remarkable legs.

Oh yeah. We, we did, uh, we filmed and digitized, uh, data from horses. I did a dissection of a ostrich at one point, which has absolutely remarkable legs.

Most of it's up in the feathers, but there's a huge amount going on in the feathers, including a knee joint. The knee joints way up there. The thing that's halfway down the leg that looks like a backwards knee is actually the ankle. The thing on the ground, which looks like the foot, is actually the toes. It's an extended toe. Fascinating.

Most of it's up in the feathers, but there's a huge amount going on in the feathers, including a knee joint. The knee joints way up there. The thing that's halfway down the leg that looks like a backwards knee is actually the ankle. The thing on the ground, which looks like the foot, is actually the toes. It's an extended toe. Fascinating.

Most of it's up in the feathers, but there's a huge amount going on in the feathers, including a knee joint. The knee joints way up there. The thing that's halfway down the leg that looks like a backwards knee is actually the ankle. The thing on the ground, which looks like the foot, is actually the toes. It's an extended toe. Fascinating.

But, you know, the basic morphology is the same in all these animals.

But, you know, the basic morphology is the same in all these animals.

But, you know, the basic morphology is the same in all these animals.

You know, the slow-mos of cheetahs running are incredible. You know, they're they, there's so much back motion and, uh, you know, grace. And of course they're moving very fast. Uh, The animals running away from the cheetah are pretty exciting.