This Walking Robot Looks Extremely Drunk

Like humans, robots often need to learn things the hard way. For super complex automatons, like Boston Dynamics' Atlas, that can mean understanding the complexities of human bullying. But in the case of this bumbling bot named MARLO, it's just something as simple as trying--and failing--to walk across a hilly field. MARLO is being designed by an engineering team at the University of Michigan. Although its walking capabilities look like MARLO is on the rough end of a day-long bender, MARLO's ability to traverse such uneven terrain would be a big step forward for robotics.