Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.43
August 22, 2021
…difficult to replicate in robots. After years of development, legged robots are beginning to step out, with more in the works. However, decades of science fiction movies have shaped the public's view of robots, so it may be a while before the reality meets expectations. As the recent cessation of SoftBank's Pepper service robot line shows, most humanoids are not yet rugged, dexterous, or affordable enough to be commercially viable or useful for multiple tasks. Combining locomotion, a humanoid design, mobile manipulation, and a smooth user interface is a still a tall order. As with the concept of multipurpose household…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.31
June 29, 2022
…robots.” The company makes three robots - Spot, a four-legged robot used for inspections and other tasks, Atlas, its humanoid robot, and Stretch, its truck unloading palletizing robot it launched earlier this year. Boston Dynamics founder and former CEO Marc Raibert was recognized at the 2022 Engelberger Robotics Awards at the Automate show in Detroit earlier this month. Raibert was recognized for his contribution to technology. The award show is hosted by the Association for Advancing Automation (A3). “The Engelberger Robotics Award is named after the late Joseph F. Engelberger, known throughout the world as the founding force behind industrial…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.79
May 31, 2021
…small drones to self-driving vehicles of different sizes and legged systems. Self-assembling systems, unified controls, multidomain and integrated units, and more intuitive human-machine interfaces could come out of this research. A robotic arms race? At the same time, geopolitical allies such as the U.K. and rivals such as Russia and China are also pursuing semi-autonomous systems, and a new arms race could already be under way. Asymmetrical conflicts have also seen increasing use of technologies such as AI and drones, as demonstrated in Israel's “Iron Dome” air-defense system intercepting six drones during the current hostilities with Hamas. The global market…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.50
April 03, 2023
…Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), have developed a legged robot that can dribble a soccer ball under the same conditions as humans. The robot used a mixture of onboard sensing and computing to traverse different natural terrains such as sand, gravel, mud, and snow. It could also adapt to their varied impact on the ball’s motion. Like any committed athlete, “DribbleBot” could get up and recover the ball after falling. MIT team turns to simulation to train robot Programming robots to play soccer has been an active research area for some time. However, MIT's team wanted to automatically learn…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.42
September 12, 2023
…on Sept. 30. Mobile robots at RoboBoston will include legged models. Source: MassRobotics Robot Block Party The 6th Annual Robot Block Party will take place from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sept. 30. At the free event, the public can see and interact with exciting technology, including drones, autonomous vehicles, collaborative robots, humanoids, robot dogs and flying bionic birds. There will be opportunities to fly through a drone obstacle course, sit in an unmanned vehicle, and drive a legged robot. “The world looks to our cluster for innovations and advances in robotics,” said Tom Ryden, executive director of MassRobotics.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.73
January 22, 2021
…ability to transform from a four-wheeled vehicle into a four-legged walking machine, which allows it to traverse terrain beyond the limitations of even the most capable off-road vehicle. “One of the use cases for Elevate is in search and rescue. We wanted to have the ability for the interior seats of the vehicle transform from a seat into a stretcher that can be used by the rescuers to lift and carry a person back into the vehicle,” explains John Suh, vice president, Hyundai Motor Group. “The second objective was to look at what technologies we could use. The seat needed…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.39
July 27, 2021
…of performance. It’s incredibly exciting.” Cassie uses dynamic balancing Legged robotic locomotion has been limited to date, but Oregon State said its research has enabled multiple breakthroughs. ATRIAS, developed in the Dynamic Robotics Laboratory, was the first robot to reproduce human walking gait dynamics. After that was Cassie, followed by Agility’s Digit humanoid robot. With knees that bend like an ostrich’s, Cassie taught itself to run using a deep reinforcement learning algorithm. Running requires dynamic balancing – the ability to maintain balance while switching positions or otherwise being in motion – and Cassie has learned to make infinite subtle adjustments…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.33
October 21, 2022
…18 g, the Everest S is suitable for applications such as surgical robots, exoskeletons, Pan Tilt gimbals, collaborative robots, legged robots, and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), Celera said.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.27
August 05, 2022
…to commercialization. Boston Dynamics is best known for its legged robots, but with Stretch, it's making a serious play for a single application. What is your strategy as you've moved from development to deployments? Playter: Spot and its legged predecessors helped us push the limits of robotic mobility forward to the point where an entire industry is now emerging around quadrupeds as general-purpose robots that can provide value in a variety of commercial applications. Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Playter. Source: LinkedIn With Stretch, we aimed to solve a much more specific problem for an industry that had a massive market…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.65
June 21, 2021
…Technology in 1992 and has developed a number of legged and humanoid robots, including BigDog, Atlas, and Spot. The mobile robots were tested for military and civilian uses and became popular on YouTube. Google X, now part of Alphabet Inc., acquired Boston Dynamics in 2013. In 2017, SoftBank bought Boston Dynamics, which itself acquired vision provider Kinema Systems in 2019. SoftBank Robotics makes other humanoid and service robots. Hyundai announced its intention to pick up the company in December 2020. Boston Dynamics began selling the quadruped Spot robot in June 2020 for commercial applications such as inspection and security. The…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.43
April 13, 2023
…city also announced that it had purchased two Spot legged robots from Boston Dynamics, which the city are calling “Digidogs,” and GPS tracking systems developed by StarChase. “We are scanning the globe on finding technology that will ensure this city is safe for New Yorkers, visitors and whomever is here,” Adams added. “If we were not willing to move forward and use technology on how to properly keep cities safe, then you will not keep up with those who are doing harmful things to hurt New Yorkers.” At the conference, NYPD Chief Jeffery Maddrey said the city is leasing the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.33
November 10, 2022
…system, the Trimble X7, have been installed on the four-legged robot. The companies said earlier this week the combo will enable fully autonomous missions inside complex and dynamic construction environments, which can result in consistent and precise reality capture for production and quality control workflows. Autonomous robots powered by ExynAI, can sense and avoid obstacles, dynamically adapting to the ever-changing complexity of construction environments, according to Philadelphia-based Exyn Technologies. To ensure the utmost safety and efficiency, the ExynPak mounts and integrates with a robot, supporting level 4 of autonomous exploration missions without requiring the robot to “learn” about its environment…
