Two, Four, or Six? Legged Robots for Exploration and Inspection in the Real World

The past decade has seen a massive increase in interest in legged robots. This was mainly driven by the commercial availability of affordable quadruped platforms as well as the advancements made in legged robot locomotion research. The combination of AI/ML based control, robust perception systems and the availability of lower cost computing hardware has brought these machines out of research labs, into the consumer domain. This talk will cover the many examples of legged robots; two legged, four legged as well as six legged, along with insights into how they are being used to perform tasks in the real world.