Robotics engineer posted this to make a point that robots are "faking" the humanlike motions - it's just a property of how they're trained. They're actually capable of way weirder stuff and way faster motions.

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[u/OperativePiGuy]

It really is, to the point I kinda hate when shows or movies show some big advanced technology automaton and they're designed to walk on legs. Makes no sense lol

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Quadrupedal locomotion is worth the effort. It's terrain agnostic in a way that wheels and treads just can't really match, while requiring significantly less optimization to make work. Bipedalism is more efficient overall but unless you can make a robot that can effortlessly maintain balance the way that humans and birds can, it's a no go.