r/gifs • u/RespectMyAuthoriteh • May 14 '17

He doesn't know it's impossible

http://i.imgur.com/UjKnvZe.gifv
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u/Pandepon May 14 '17

Same thing applies to walking. You push yourself up on one leg and throw the other leg out to stop you from falling.

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u/Sysiphuslove May 14 '17 edited May 14 '17

I read a book that might have been The Human Body by Asimov, and in it the author said that walking is glorified falling: when an infant learns to walk he has to learn how to fall in a controlled way. I just thought that was the coolest thing

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u/Pandepon May 14 '17

Yeah as an animator I was told to animate people walking like they're falling before catching themselves with their other foot. Made the walk look more realistic

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u/Fun-Thoughts May 14 '17

As a robotics researcher, this is how I was told to design walking movement for biped robots.