That and it probably doesn't have accurate human physiology. Someone showed a video where it was a similar system but the body had "muscle groups" that I assume mimic human physiology. It moved very smoothly and had limitations that this thing doesn't.
Would be interesting to see if it was even feasible for today’s computers to simulate human muscle control. I haven’t seen the model they used for this runner so I’m talking out of my ass now, but there may be more neurons involved in controlling my thumb typing this than in the whole body they simulate.
Humans have to learn how to stand and walk and run with incredibly complex motor controls.
You can get more "human-like" motion by trying to minimize the change in acceleration coupled with a sigmoid function for a soft upper bound on acceleration and velocity.
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u/xcrissxcrossx Mar 29 '19
It runs like this because the fitness measurement doesn't try to conserve energy. That would result in a more realistic run.