Robotis Demonstrates New Balance Sensor Module
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Tuesday, 27 of October , 2009 at 12:12 am
At the iHobby Expo in Chicago, Robotis was demonstrating a new Balance Sensor Module for their Bioloid humanoid hobby robot. The module contains a gyro or two, and takes control of the robot’s servos, making small adjustments to keep the robot from falling over when its orientation changes.
This is good stuff, to be sure, but it’s not particularly demanding. I’d interested to see how the Balance Sensor Module reacts to something like a running gait, which requires much finer and more rapid adjustment. Or for that matter, if it could cope with a much larger robot kicking it in the chest… If it can manage that, maybe we can expect to see some humanoid robot competitions where most of the action doesn’t come from unintentional faceplants.
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Comment by Robotbling
Made Tuesday, 27 of October , 2009 at 1:02 am
This reminds me of that demo that SONY put together for QRIO, where it balanced on a small surf board-type thing. Only not quite as smooth, and it’s not walking around on it. Still, a step in the right direction I suppose. I’m pretty sure you could achieve similar results with the other kits these days, assuming you attach the optional gyros that are available.