RoboDevelopment: Anybots Offer Slightly Spastic Telepresence
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Monday, 29 of October , 2007 at 5:48 am
This is Monty, a teleoperated humanoid robot powered by compressed air. Despite (or perhaps because of) his questionable facility with dishes, he’s designed (in the near future, anyway) to perform tasks in industrial or hazardous environments that would otherwise require the physical presence and decision making skills of a human. He can balance on his own on two wheels (like a Segway), can carry up to 20 kgs, and will operate for “hours” off of a scuba tank. His hand is modeled very closely on the human hand, and is nearly as dexterous. As you can see from the video, operating Monty takes a substantial amount of coordination: a joystick in one hand moves his body, and a glove on the other hand will transmit the arm and hand movements of the operator to Monty’s arm and hand. In the second video clip, Monty accidentally knocks an object off the table he was at, so we asked if he was capable of picking things up off the ground (he didn’t look like he was designed to bend over). I was pretty impressed that he was able to do so, albeit with the operator standing nearly over his shoulder.
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Category: Concepts,Industrial
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Comment by MDude
Made Saturday, 3 of November , 2007 at 7:37 pm
Wait, scuba powered robots?
Comment by quantum_flux
Made Friday, 8 of October , 2010 at 2:12 am
neat telepresence
Comment by Scuba Diving in Kota Kinabalu
Made Monday, 7 of March , 2011 at 9:15 pm
I know this if off topic but I’m looking into starting my own blog and was curious what all is needed to get setup? I’m assuming having a blog like yours would cost a pretty penny? I’m not very internet savvy so I’m not 100% certain. Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated. Cheers
