That process, known as Sim to Real, is one of the biggest challenges of modern robotics, because teaching a robot in simulations is one thing, making it work in the real world is a completely different thing, and it is exactly that barrier that is being broken down. Adam can now navigate real urban environments without assistance, facing small imperfections that, for a human, go unnoticed, but for a machine they represent an enormous challenge.

Much of that evolution comes from a system called Clot, a real-time motion tracking model that allows robots to continually adjust their actions based on the environment. This creates a constant feedback loop where the robot observes, corrects and adapts to violations of seconds and when this happens on a large scale, the impact for the company will not only be technological, it will be economic, social and perhaps irreversible.

But making a robot walk is just the beginning, because the real challenge is not in the body of the machine, it is in the mind that controls that body.