Sit Down and Walk with Chairbot

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:58:47 +0000

“What do you get when you combine a robot and a chair? The Hubo FX-1 chairbot, of course. In what is perhaps my favorite robot design yet, this giant chair with legs looks like it came out of some ridiculous 80′s sci-fi movie or something, but it’s very, very real. HUBO FX-1 is two meters in height, and weighs 150 kg. The person sitting can control the robot easily using the built in joystick. Each ankle has a 3-axis force/torque sensor which measures the normal force and 2 moments. Each foot has an inclination sensor which measures the angle of the slope. Also, the rate gyro and the inclination sensor of the body allow the device to stabilize itself.”

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Making Robots More Human

Fri, 24 Nov 2006 13:03:51 +0000

Stumled upon this article that describes scientists moves to make robots more human. In my own Droids simulator I have also worked on a hide-and-seek simulation, since there are many human aspects to cover in that simple game.

George the robot is playing hide-and-seek with scientist Alan Schultz. George whirrs and hides behind a post until he’s found. Then a bit later, he hunts for and finds Schultz hiding.

If that sounds childish, consider that Schultz is working his way up to teaching the robot to play Capture the Flag.

What’s so impressive about robots playing children’s games? For a robot to actually find a place to hide, and then hunt for its human playmate is a new level of human interaction. The machine must take cues from people and behave accordingly.

This is the beginning of a real robot revolution: giving robots some humanity.

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Sit Down and Walk with Chairbot

Making Robots More Human