In Nov last year, we published a predictive theory of locomotor adaptation to novel environments, capturing learning and generalization phenomena in over ten experiments:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I'm honored to be featured on the 2025 Innovators Under 35 list for this work.
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While movement speed is thought to determine locomotor patterns in animals (à la CPGs) our findings reveal that a significant portion of the pattern’s variability is explained by past errors in the body’s state → the essence of foot placement control. (4/6)

But, do other animals use this control strategy?

Finding shared control strategies across species could help transfer biological insights into stable walking from animals to humans + robots. We find that flies, mice, and humans all do foot placement control during walking (3/6)

What is foot placement control?
Simply put, it is the act of correcting recent errors by modifying how you step while in motion. This dynamic strategy has enjoyed real-world success in controlling legged robots e.g. in Boston Dynamics. Humans use it too! (2/6)