Meet Atlas a humanoid robot developed by the American robotics company Boston
Dynamics which is now owned by Google
it was developed with funding and oversight from United States Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency or DARPA atlas stands approximately 1.8
meters or six feet tall weighs 150 kilograms and is designed for a variety
of search and rescue tasks atlas is based on Boston Dynamics earlier PETMAN
humanoid robot that can not only walk across rough terrain it also react to
slipping and can retain balance much like a human can it has four
hydraulically actuated limbs and is constructed out of aluminium and
titanium and illuminated with blue LEDs atlas is equipped with two vision
systems a laser range finder and stereo cameras both controlled by an onboard
computer it has hands with fine motor skill capabilities and its limbs
possess a total of 28 degrees of freedom
it can do advanced tasks like finding and picking up objects and if they are dropped it will try again and again
until it completes the task
Atlas can also react to external forces like being pushed or kicked and it can also get up
if it falls over
Atlas can also do things like finding an opening doors, climbing ladders, clearing
debris locating valves all the sort of tasks a human rescue worker would need
to be able to do.The cheetah robot built by MIT is the first four legged robot to
not only be able to autonomously jump over obstacles in the way but also run
up 28 miles an hour
slightly faster than Usain Bolt using it's on board lidar visual system which
uses lasers to map out the terrain in front of the robot, it can see where it's going and where to
jump over obstacles The team at MIT developed a three-part algorithm to plan out the robots path based on the
LIDAR data both the vision and the path planning system our own board the robot
giving it completely autonomous control this works out the height of the objects
and also of a distance from itself and also the speed at which the robot is
traveling then it works out the best place to jump and clear the object in
experiments on a treadmill and also an indoor track the cheetah robot
successfully cleared obstacles up to 18 inches tall
more than half of the actual robot height whilst maintaining an average
running speed of approximately 5 mph
testing the robot in an open area actually worked better than on the treadmill
because it had more time to react with it clearing 90% of obsticles
compared to only 70% on the more limited area on the
treadmill spot is the latest electrically powered and hydraulically
actuated four legged robot come from Boston Dynamics
designed for both indoor and outdoor operation and also to take a good kicking from its makers though that is
really just a good test to show its stability and ability to react to
external forces
It can negotiate rough ground, climb hills even stairs but it is still remotely control a moment and
not a truly autonomous robot likely to Big Brother the atlas
as for what purpose it I have is unclear at the moment but it could be a robot
scout in a military situation or autonomous guard dog or maybe even it
could be a mechanic pet we'll just have to wait till Boston Dynamics releases more
information
it uses a form of scanning LIDAR for its navigation and it's backwards facing
legs, like that of a goat give it also great deal of agility
At around 1m tall and weighing approximately 72 kilograms, Spot is smaller
than the previous versions like big dog and being all electric it's much quieter
without petrol engine that is installed in the bigger LS3 robot
probably the most well know robot is the Japanses Honda ASIMO
whist it can act realistically it has been a long time in the making.
In 1986 Honda under took a challenge that seemed straight out of science fiction at the time to build a
humanoid robot that might one day help people move and improve thier lives
making this dream a reality took decades testing the skill of the world's most
capable engineers their first hurdle was to build a machine that could walk on two legs.
a process that we humans take for granted and Honda throughly researched
the initial prototype had deliberate flat-footed steps each taking fifteen
seconds to complete
later prototypes had a more natural gait they walk dynamically falling forward
between steps as humans do up right balance took several more years
to perfect
1992 Honda achieved the milestone prototype E6 not only walked in a straight
line without support but it was also able to climb stairs
Hondas engineers advanced to the next level of development adding a torso, head arms and hands
the first humanoid robot that Honda showed the public was self-contained of walked
under remote control it stood nearly six feet tall and weighed over 200 kilograms
the next version in 1997 was lighter more compact and better able to interact
with people on a more human scale as the new millennium approach rapid advances
in computers hydraulics and micro circuitry brought
science-fiction another step closer to science fact and Honda greeted the world
with a more approachable friendlier a robot it called advanced step innovative
mobility the first ASIMO over the next seven years
ASIMO's movements were refined to handle complex environment and perfom new tasks
Its size was reduced further to accommodate human living spaces and today three
decades since Honda engineers first accepted a challenge ASIMO has a
host of advanced physical any intelligence capabilities ASIMO is now an
autonomous robot but now only runs jumps spins around and anticipates people's
movement but can also manipulate objects and distinguished people by their voice
and their face
as development continues ASIMO is a fountian of innovative mobility ideas
that go far beyond its original design and are much closer to practical reality
ASIMO is dream Honda realized one step after another that someday soon
robots will coexist with people move for those who can not, work in difficult
situations and be the ears, eyes hands and legs for people that need help in everyday lives
introducing the newest in Honda
advanced step in innovative mobility - ASIMO
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