DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals June 5-6

[AlexanderTheOK]

Originally Posted by BenGuy

Tracked and bipedal is the best solution (in my opinion anyways .) There are a few a challenges (like climbing stairs) that require legs, but, tracks are better for generally traveling through other challenges, like traversing the runway.

if you google search "Stair Climbing robot" and go into "videos" literally NONE of the videos on the first page are bipedal. They all use drive systems that are effective both on flat ground and wonky stairs/debris.

Tracked + biped sorta makes sense. It's a good way to keep your robot bipedal while keeping the benefits of being able to just roll around.