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Robots Take To the Stairs

Posted by timothy on from the terrible-secret-of-space dept.

Singularity Hub writes "Robots can climb stairs, and they are doing it everywhere you look. 'No big deal' you say, but it really is a big deal. Five to ten years ago, almost nobody was doing it. Now grad students are doing it all by themselves for thesis projects. Check out our review of robots navigating stairs, which includes some awesome videos."

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  1. Daleks by Enderandrew · · Score: 3, Funny

    What about Daleks?

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    1. Re:Daleks by Red+Flayer · · Score: 5, Funny

      What about Daleks?

      As seen on some slashdotter's sig:

      Real Daleks don't climb stairs. They level the building.

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  2. Re:Just watch out for the ones at the top. by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 4, Funny

    That would be the pusher robot. He is malfunctioning. Trust the shover robot; he will protect you from the terrible secret of space. Do you have stairs in your house?

  3. This confused me, as well . . . by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 2, Funny

    . . . I thought that we were going to build an *elevator* to the moon, and would need robot elevator riders to make the trip.

    I guess the NASA pundits for the *stairway* to the moon won out, and so we will need robot stair climbers . . . real soon.

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  4. PER ASPERA AD ESCALA by Philip+K+Dickhead · · Score: 5, Funny

    "A Rough Road Leads to the Stairs".

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  5. ED-209 is not impressed by Tumbleweed · · Score: 4, Funny

    You have 30 seconds to comply.

  6. Summary wording by EvanED · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Now grad students are doing it all by themselves for thesis projects."

    As a grad student, I found the wording of the summary amusing. I can confirm that yes, we can climb stairs if need be. The elevators in my CS building go out about once every two weeks for instance. (Wasn't that long ago that the motor in one of the shafts caught fire and shut down that shaft for over a week. During which the other shaft broke down too for a short time.)

    Of course, the real advance will be when robots follow in our paths and learn to take the elevator when one is available.

  7. Re:Robots are protected. by MrEricSir · · Score: 4, Funny

    But if robots can climb stairs, are those of us with stairs in our house still protected?

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  8. Re:I must have misread this by Chris+Burke · · Score: 4, Funny

    But then it'd take forever for the robot to get the slippers to you!

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