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MIT teaches robots to adapt
Most commercial robotic arms perform what roboticists call “pick and place” tasks: The arm picks up an object in one location and places it in another. General-purpose household robots, however, would have to be able to manipulate objects of any shape, left in any location. And today, commercially available robots don’t have anything like the…
MIT teaches robots to adapt
Most commercial robotic arms perform what roboticists call “pick and place” tasks: The arm picks up an object in one location and places it in another. General-purpose household robots, however, would have to be able to manipulate objects of any shape, left in any location. And today, commercially available robots don’t have anything like the…
Robots for Humanity (IROS 2012 Video Track)
Robots for Humanity is a collaboration between Willow Garage, the Healthcare Robotics Lab at Georgia Tech led by Charlie Kemp, the Man and Machines Group at Oregon State led by Bill Smart, and Henry and Jane Evans. Henry Evans is a mute quadriplegic, having suffered a stroke when he was just 40 years old. Following…
FastRunner, a robot Ostrich
Dr. Russ Tedrake (MIT) and Dr. Jerry Pratt (IHMC) are working on a bio-inspired ostrich robot that should be able to achieve running speeds in excess of 20 mph. More info: http://www.ihmc.us/groups/fastrunner/ http://www.plasticpals.com/?p=30686 Duration : 0:1:44
Russian Walking Robots
We are constructing the saddle robots with unique characteristics: Vmax-70km/h.; Mmax-2000kg. Japanese ASIMO is a kid. Duration : 0:1:48