Can a Robot Have too Many Legs? Can Atlas Learn Soccer's Rabona Kick? (opens in new tab)

IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.: 1–5 June 2026, VIENNA: 13–17 July 2026, SYDNEY: 29 July–4 August 2026, PRAGUE: 18–19 August 2026, SAN FRANCISCOEnjoy today’s videos! What is the right number of legs for a robot? Two? Four? No, the answer is obviously all of them. All of the legs.[ Sigh, yet another skill that I as a soccer-playing human should have but a robot has instead: the...