Robot Developed That Can Walk Like A Human (VIDEO) PlanetSave

A robotic set of legs that is able to fully model walking, in a biologically accurate manner, has been produced by a group of US researchers. The remarkably human-like walking gait was produced by simplifying the neural architecture, musculoskeletal architecture and sensory feedback pathways of humans, and building them into the robot. The biological accuracy of their robot has enabled the researchers to further investigate the processes that occur during walking, in humans. "And may bolster theories of how babies learn to walk, as well as helping to understand how spinal-cord-injury patients can recover the ability to walk." "A key component of the human walking system is the central pattern generator (CPG). The CPG is a neural network in the lumbar region of the spinal cord that generates rhythmic muscle signals. The CPG produces, and then controls, these signals by gathering information from different parts of the body that are responding to the environment. This is what allows people to walk without needing to think about it."