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Watch this robotic dog use one of its \u2018paws\u2019 to open doors<\/a>
\nOh, great. They can let themselves inside buildings now.<\/p>\n

Even with their many advances, quadrupedal robots\u2019 legs are most often still just made for walking. Using individual front paws for moving and non-locomotion tasks like pushing buttons or moving objects, however, usually falls outside the machines\u2019 reach, but a team of researchers appear to be designing them to finally bridge that gap.<\/p>\n

Roboticists from Carnegie Mellon University and UC Berkeley have demonstrated the ability to program a quadrupedal robot\u2014in this case, a Unitree Go1 one utilizing an Intel RealSense camera\u2014to use its front limbs not only to walk, but also to help climb walls and interact with simple objects, as needed. The progress, detailed in a paper to be presented next month at the International Conference of Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2023), potentially marks a major step forward for what quadrupedal robots can handle. There\u2019s also some pretty impressive video demonstrations, as well. Check out the handy machine in action below:<\/p>\n