2.20.2007

 

Trevor Blackwell's walking robot



Description of what you are seeing is available here.

Comments:
Why not make a quadraped that can stand up if necessary?

It would be easier, no?
 
Because for a robot to be successful in a human-centric world, it has to look and function like a human.
 
I have seen a variety of stuff about dynamic walking in academic papers (including the zero momentum point calculation method) so I wondered what these folks are doing that is new.

As this robot appears to be "learning" to stabilize its gait I assume that functionality is what is unusual.

As always, I enjoy visiting this site to see the latest in Robotic news.
 
Yes...all...of...us...robots...do...too...>click...whirrr<...
 
I think Qrio balances dynamicly too. Still, I think it's interesting when another group of reasearchers are able to make advanced robots.
 
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