Why Walking Is So Hard
Moravec’s Paradox explained. Why Deep Blue could beat Kasparov but couldn’t cross the room. The rise and commercial struggles of Boston Dynamics.
Chapter 2 of A Brief History of Embodied Intelligence
“It is comparatively easy to make computers exhibit adult-level performance on intelligence tests or playing checkers, and difficult or impossible to give them the skills of a one-year-old when it comes to perception and mobility.” — Hans Moravec, 1988
On May 11, 1997, in a skyscraper overlooking Manha…
