Robotics
| A research team at the University of Tokyo has unveiled one of the fastest two-legged robots in the world that can reach speeds up to 4.2 kilometers per hour (2.6 mph). |
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Japanese roboticists have created a small headless humanoid robot capable of sprinting and performing acrobatic backflips.
According to the researchers at Japan's Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory, their "actively coordinated high-speed image-processing running experiment system'' (ACHIRES) allows for the bot to run up to a speed of 4.2 km/h without falling over.
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"ACHIRES is composed of high-speed vision and high-speed actuators to achieve instantaneous recognition and behavior," said the company in their description. Apparently, they use similar software for their rock paper scissors-playing robot.
The robot looks strangely like a human torso and legs when it runs—and even more so when it backflips. The legs seem to spread and twist like a human gymnast, just barely landing on its two feet (especially when viewed it slow motion). In other words, the imperfections seem uncannily real and human. We wonder what it will be like when larger humanoid robots, like Boston Dynamics' Petman get the abilities of ACHIRES.
SOURCE Wall Street Journal
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