Robot Gymnast Is Nimbler Than Most Humans
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Friday, 29 of February , 2008 at 4:29 am
It’s a good thing this video speaks for itself, because there is zero additional info on this robot. What you see is what you get, and what you see is a robot standing up (almost) like no robot has stood up (almost) before. Most of the time, when humanoid robots fall over, either they can’t stand up, or they do so by folding at the middle into a weird sort of pushup. This is much more graceful and damn cool.
If you can ferret out anything else about this bot, please let me know in the comments, ’cause I’d love to know more.
Update: More info over at Educating Silicon
[ TV In Japan ] VIA [ Gizmodo ]
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Comment by Mark
Made Friday, 29 of February , 2008 at 4:54 am
Have a look at my post about this robot here. The secret to its agility is that it’s got “skin”. All that white foam you see covering it is a kind of pressure sensor, which allows it to coordinate its movements much better than any similar robot I’ve seen. It’s pretty awesome!