Grade School Bullies Should Train On This Resilient Balancing Bot

Unless it ’s been brought to life by Disney or Pixar , it ’s hard to feel much empathy for automaton , especially the emotionless bionic woman experiment being produce around the nation . But not this minuscule guy . Designed to abide on its feet no matter what happens , you ca n’t help but feel a little sad as you check these researcher push , prod , and bully it like a nerdy fifth grader .

evolve at theIstituto Italiano di Tecnologiain Italy , Coman , which is short for compliant humanoid , is design with spliff that absorb impacts and seismic disturbance help oneself it appease balanced in various situations . Given humans are still susceptible to falling and trip when navigating our surroundings , if there ’s any hope for a bi - ped golem of doing the same , they ’re go to need systems like this that tolerate them to recuperate when they lack a step or bump into something .

But does that really excuse these researchers from being straight - up jerks to Coman ? After a few blue-blooded shoves we get the general idea of what it ’s capable of , so maybe they should go pick on automaton their own sizing . Like Johnny Five from Short Circuit , or maybe that golem Samuel Butler fromRocky 4 — he needs to be taken down a peg . [ Italiano di Tecnologia in ItalyviaAutomaton ]