Walking is a very challenging task for robots and the problem of foot placement in particular, has been studied extensively. The retracted study considered for this project, proposed a novel control algorithm for finding the optimal step time and location for the robot to achieve a suitable walking gait from a viable location. In this study, the robot dynamics were estimated with a 3D linear inverted pendulum model and the constraint equations were analytically solved to determine the step time and step location of the robot. These equations were then simulated and based on the results obtained, it was concluded that it would take a finite number of steps for the proposed control algorithm to get to a desired gait cycle. Although the results obtained were very interesting and informative, the reason for the retraction of this study was that the majority of the text and equations were plagiarized from a doctoral thesis and no credit or reference was given. Plagiarism is an unacceptable and unprincipled behavior because it is theft of someone else’s intellectual property for one’s own benefit. This paper, therefore, failed to meet the scientific standards set by the rest of the scientific community and therefore, it is very important that such activities are identified and reprimanded so that the integrity of the work done by other researchers can be kept intact.