<h1>Walking machines</h1> <div class="wysiwygTop"><p><img onmousedown="cmsUser.setEventDetails()" id="wysiwygDUK2006108187403" style="padding-right: 10px; float: left;" alt="Walking machines" src="images/cont/philtrans_a/walking%20machines.jpg" cmswysiwyg="IMG" border="0">If all the signs are to be believed, then the twenty-first century will be technologically characterized by machine walking and its relevant products, which possess all chances of&nbsp;becoming real bulk goods in the course of the next decades.&nbsp; With several University Institutes, and together with Honda and Sony from the industrial side, Japan is today, without any doubt,&nbsp;the leading nation in research and development of walking machines.&nbsp; The US and Europe follow at some distance.</p> <p><br>Walking machines will influence all areas of daily and industrial life and, with the fast evolution of artificial intelligence, will become a real partner of human beings. All relevant technologies are highly interdisciplinary and will push the future technologies of all technical fields.&nbsp;<br></p></div>