Boston Dynamics, creators of BigDog, LittleDog, and AlphaDog, have a new video of their impressive biped PETMAN: There is something familiar about it, I just can’t place my finger on it… PETMAN stayin alive: [BostonDynamics] via [Engadget]
Archive for the ‘biped’ Category
Boston Dynamics’ PETMAN
Posted by Eric on November 15th, 2011
Posted in biomimetic, biped, DARPA, defense, government, military / law enforcement, video 
Tags: biped, boston dynamics, petman 
No Comments »Robot takes over control of human’s arm
Posted by Eric on November 15th, 2011
In this experiment, a robot uses electrodes to control a blindfolded person’s arm and hand, guiding the arm so that they move the ball into position and drop the ball when it is over the net. This process of controlling the muscles via electrodes is called functional electrical stimulation (FES) and has many potential applications [...]
$70 Million ‘National Robotics Initiative’
Posted by Eric on June 28th, 2011
Skynet still has a bit more work ahead of it before the walking, shooting cyborgs from James Cameron’s Terminator movies become reality. “You might not know this, but one of my responsibilities as commander-in-chief is to keep an eye on robots,” said President Obama in a speech at Carnegie Mellon University’s National Robotics Engineering Center [...]
Sure this is cute now, but…
Posted by Eric on June 29th, 2010
…maybe less cute when they are 8 feet tall, tracking humans instead of orange balls, and don’t have cute kitteh ears. [BotJunkie]
Myon robot to teach us about language origination
Posted by Eric on June 28th, 2010
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Attack of the robot dinosaurs!
Posted by Eric on June 17th, 2010
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Posted in AI, biomimetic, biped, education, entertainment Tags: dinosaur, exhibit, kids No Comments »The future of robots – Stefan Schaal Interviewed by Sander Olson
Posted by Eric on June 16th, 2010
Excerpt: “Question: What specific robotic advancements do you anticipate for the next two decades? Answer: Within the next 20 years, we will get to the point that an individual can purchase a general purpose robot. The individual would then tell the robot what it wanted to do, and the robot would learn to perform the [...]
Posted in AI, autonomous, biped, domestic, future Tags: future, littledog, Sarcos, willow garage No Comments »Modular “Myon” robot
Posted by Eric on June 16th, 2010
The Myon series of robots are modular in design, so that if they lose a limb or two, they can keep functioning. A very useful feature for robots doing some of the dangerous jobs robots do these days. In fact, the head can be removed and can still function autonomously on its own. Here [...]
Two new kids on the block; Noby and M3-Kindy
Posted by Eric on June 11th, 2010
Two new robot kids were revealed recently at a symposium in Japan by the JST Erato Asada Project. They are cognitive development robots, means to help robots understand complex social interactions and teach us about human development. Noby (Nine-month Old Baby) is a robot meant to model a 9 month old baby, with accurate body [...]
Posted in AI, autonomous, biomimetic, biped, research, study Tags: baby, child, cognitive, development, kid No Comments »
