Editing Quadrupedalism (section)

==Quadrupedal robots==

[[BigDog]] is a dynamically stable quadruped [[robot]] created in 2005 by [[Boston Dynamics]] with [[Foster-Miller]], the [[NASA]] [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]], and the [[Harvard University Concord Field Station]].<ref name="BD">{{cite web |url=http://www.bostondynamics.com/robot_bigdog.html |title=BigDog - The Most Advanced Rough-Terrain Robot on Earth |publisher=Boston Dynamics |access-date=2011-04-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110423050703/http://bostondynamics.com/robot_bigdog.html |archive-date=2011-04-23 }}</ref> Its successor was Spot.

Also by NASA JPL, in collaboration with [[University of California, Santa Barbara]] Robotics Lab, is RoboSimian, with emphasis on stability and deliberation. It has been demonstrated at the [[DARPA Robotics Challenge]].<ref name="RoboSimian">{{cite web |url=https://www-robotics.jpl.nasa.gov/tasks/showTask.cfm?TaskID=236&tdaID=700043 |title=DARPA Robotics Challenge, RoboSimian (Track A) |publisher=JPL Robotics |access-date=2016-03-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307163342/https://www-robotics.jpl.nasa.gov/tasks/showTask.cfm?TaskID=236&tdaID=700043 |archive-date=2016-03-07 }}</ref>