Google Robot Teaches Itself To Walk In Just Two Hours Digital Trends

Do you remember that scene in Walt Disney's Bambi where the titular fawn learns to stand up and walk under its own power? It's a charming vignette in the movie, showcasing a skill that plenty of baby animals -- from pigs to giraffe to, yes, deer -- pick up within minutes of their birth. Over the first few hours of life, these animals rapidly refine their motor skills until they have full control over their own locomotion. Humans, who learn to stand holding onto things at around seven months and who begin walking at 15 months, are hopelessly sluggish by comparison. Guess what the latest task that robots have beaten us at?