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SUB-CAPABILITY · LOCOMOTION

Bipedal Walking

76%
vs. HUMAN BASELINE = 100
PartialConf · High

Scoring rubric

0–20
Early research
20–40
Narrow benchmark competence
40–60
Strong benchmark · reliability gaps
60–80
Human-competitive in common scenarios
80–100
Comparable to typical skilled adult
100+
Reliably exceeds typical human baseline

Score vs. baseline

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What this measures

Human baseline

Walk on flat ground without falling, like a typical adult.

Human frontier

Walk at human speed across all terrain types and weather conditions.

Current state

What works

Flat and mildly uneven indoor terrain; Atlas and Unitree demonstrate dynamic gaits.

Key gaps

Sustained walking on truly unstructured outdoor terrain at human pace and endurance.

Evidence

4 sources
TechnologyQualitySourceScore vs. baselineScore
Atlas (Electric)vendor reportedbostondynamics.com/atlas
82%
Figure 03vendor reportedfigure.ai/news
74%
Optimus Gen 3vendor reportedtesla.com/AI
70%
Unitree G1vendor reportedunitree.com/g1
66%
Source: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7254255 · Last reviewed May 2026