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The Torque Controlled Humanoid Robot, or TORO
for short, is used to study walking and balance.
Keeping a 75kg machine upright is a huge
challenge, but TORO can use its whole body to
recover balance by, for example, grabbing onto
solid objects or dropping to one knee. The aim is
to create a robot that’s comfortable in domestic
settings, able to climb stairs, step over obstacles
and – we hope – do the dusting. 2
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