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A Compilation of Robots Falling Down at the DARPA Robotics Challenge

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Robotics

What it is

An IEEE Spectrum compilation of humanoid robots falling over during the 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN uses it as the go-to illustration of Moravec's paradox and as a baseline for how far robotics has come since 2015.

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What HN commenters said

  1. “One of my favourite videos is this compilation of robots falling (failing) during the simplest tasks at the 2015 DARPA challenge”

    Compilation of robots failing at simple tasks in 2015 DARPA challenge

    FabHK, 2018-01 · Recommendation · in “Sussman anomaly”

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Topics: darpa robotics challenge, robots falling, moravec's paradox, humanoid robots, 2015

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