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Markus Gross - Professor of Computer Science at the ETH Zurich, head of the Computer Graphics Laboratory, Chief Scientist, The Walt Disney Studios and the director of DisneyResearch|Studios

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This particular robot was developed by a team led by Moritz Bächer from Disney Research in Zurich. It’s mostly 3D printed, using modular hardware and actuators that made it quick to design and iterate on, going from concept to what you see in the above video in less than a year. It has a four-degree-of-freedom head (able to look up, down, around, and tilt), as well as five-degree-of-freedom legs with hip joints that allow it to walk while balancing dynamically.

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