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Tightrope walking robot has some serious potential

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Running, jumping, and flying: welcome to the future of robotics.

HyQ, a quadruped robot created at the Italian Institute of Technology, is now able to balance on just two legs and walk across 6-centimeter-wide beams using a balance controller.

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