| Human beings walk upright which is rather hard to | | | | completing the movement. There will be different |
| recreate in robotic systems, but it is not | | | | times in which the robotic artificially intelligent |
| impossible. In fact many robotic systems and | | | | android will use different sets of programs to |
| android type robots they do walk upright, yet this | | | | regulate its motion. We all know that when we |
| is not enough, as we will be asking them to run, | | | | run there is a point at which neither of our feet |
| jog, jump and even do sports. The military | | | | are actually touching the ground. When we walk |
| advances in robotics will be asking artificially | | | | at least one foot or some part of our body is |
| intelligent androids to run, fire weapons and | | | | touching the ground at all times. |
| maintain balance as mortar rounds, small arms fire | | | | These two different methods of motion require |
| and landmines go off around them. All this without | | | | completely different strategies for robotic |
| missing a beat, falling over or losing sight of your | | | | engineers. When walking it is more of a matter of |
| target; not quite as simple as it sounds, but also | | | | weight distribution and when running things such |
| far from impossible. All these factors present | | | | as the position and angle of the feet prior to |
| challenges for future robotic engineers and for the | | | | making the next stride are paramount. When |
| artificial intelligent researchers and programmers, | | | | switching from walking to running another |
| who will be designing systems and algorithms to | | | | program must be set into place for the first |
| insure that the artificial intelligence robotic android | | | | couple of strides in then the running program can |
| performs up to expectations. | | | | kick in. It is amazing how complicated it is to |
| If artificially intelligent androids are to work and | | | | design in artificially intelligent robotic system to do |
| help humans complete tasks for which they are | | | | what humans naturally do every day of their lives. |
| assigned, then they must know when to use | | | | To consider this in 2006. |
| which program for the sake of stability in | | | | |