Troody the Biped Dinosaur

[AustinAzathoth]

talking about walking with dinosaurs :p

when they can run fast and jump then i want one

[peterlarson233]

Oh and btw in case anyone is interested, check out the paper "Low Impedance Walking Robots" by G. A. Pratt.

[peterlarson233]

This is actually a lot more exciting than it looks if you know what's going on haha. Very impressive work, though I would expect nothing less from the MIT leg lab. It moves a bit slow, but I imagine that is due to power constraints and the limits of the actuators. I've been reading a lot about Virtual Model Control over the last couple days and saw a picture of Troody in one of the papers so I thought I would look it up and see how well it could walk.

[eaintchu]

this is really impressive!!! I am doing a humanoid robot and have to learn about the dinosaur, as I would like to request whether can I get the photo of this design. Very much appreciated.

[Slovflyer]

Holy cow that might as well be a real Troodon. ;)

[InSaneTK]

the only thing keeping bipedal robots to walk and run really fast is that we don't have super-fast and extremely aware balance sensors like organic lifeforms have. Robots also needs adaptive balance. For example; Seen the dog that lost two of it's legs on it's right side? it still can run really fast and stand right up.

[kingtaro]

Well, probably not as fast as the organic livings, but we do have pretty fast sensors. Look for this title on youtube: BigDog - Boston Dynamics (2008)

You'll be suprised, well, I was when I first saw it. =)

[markVIIchick]

When I see things like this it makes me wish for a aibo-like little t-rex or something was created for sale. "Pleo" is cute and all, but I want a little snapping little toothy carnivorous type critter. I have a roboreptile, though a good idea, I wished it was more like Troody here (fully bipedal) and smart like Aibo.

*dreams*

[scaredypuppy]

Well done!

Bipedal walking cycles are extremely difficult... It's great to actually see a working one! I'm sure it will keep improving.

[johnTfirestorm]

Ok i have a question. Is the robot determining for itself in real-time how far to step, balance, speed etc... or is it just following a pre-set list of commands?

[sirensgrotto]

I am throughly impressed. I have a Pleo, great robot with good motion, but bipedal is far more difficult.

[stylez59]

it is a little slow but gosh this is amazing!

[seanmcdona123]

We'll these things be goin on sale?

[cycs666]

you are from IRELAND...and you wrote "we'll" instead of "will"???dude...weak...

[Errickfoxy]

For anyone who knows anything about the difficulty of making bipedal robots walk and balance, this really is pretty impressive.

[roadrebel125]

nice work men

[renasc]

Awesome! Keep up the good work. I've always been a fan of biped machines. I'm Curious, would a gyroscopic stabilizer be of any advantage?

[LoSeRLuCk1]

lol the whole thing is basically and engine and legs lol that's what is gonna win us world domination a nice pair of legs

[kittercat]

Aw it's so cute, even when it falls over. :D

[luffygear3rd]

it is what happened to his pet dog after surviving a car accident

[Wargamer111]

God I'm gunna make thos big and have the world in my hands >:) MWAHAHAHHHA hey this is where i get my ideas from youtube >:) MWAMAHAHHA Lol

[InfinitySeries]

So this is what we'll be fighting to stay alive against in 20 years?

[DarkEyedBlues]

And thus, he is now 1 step closer to his robo army and world domination

[LionKimbro]

UH MY GOD STOP IT, IT'S GUNNA EAT US ALL!!! AHhh! It's got my leg, it's GOT my LEG!

[karlinamichellejune]

I liked it when the dude got pissy cause the cameraman told him to stop and press the elevator button. Hee hee. Then again, I'd be pissy too if I had to follow a really slow dinosaur robot around.

[louididdy]

Ever heard of remote control?

[stovell700]

ever hear of kindly shut ur noisehole? they are just testing a new form of technology so they are bound to come out with new forms to control it

[SteelSpartan003]

other than it being painfully slow, it was awesoem! why did the guy hold a string tho?

[mustardlord]

Old video!

[marklar20]

amazing. icant wait to see it with skin!

[jpbalkenende]

Really unimpressive.. If you want to be impressed check out Asimo or Qrio

[Piatnitskysaurus]

Asimo is based on humans, which we happen to know alot about, troody is based on a dinosaur, which we know next to nothing about relatively speaking.

Next time, try and remember that different projects are done for different reasons.

[derekandrew]

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr izmodo, you playin around with some damn fool toy again that nobody cept you likes cos it's all shiny and squeaky. you want quality you look at my videos for the discerning technoperson. rave reviews everywhere. cept grrrrrrrrrrrrrizmodo cos you playin with sum dam fool airfix kit etc etc...

[holobot]

Awwww, baby's first steps

[Damon6666]

When I can see a machine walk with out cords and human estance then I will be amazed...I can get one of those things at TOYs'R'US heck have you ever seen the ZOIDS toys...but still kinda cool....

[aut0matic4]

uh... can you make one? if not then you have no room to talk.

[Damon6666]

I could given the right tools...what about u..

[hello15334]

estance huh..that word's amazing

[ButterflyDragon9]

Awesome

[chitownruler23]

they died a kajillion years ago get over it

[lejonzx]

COol...

[amazingash22]

i want a robot slave, when do you think these will be available?

[padriuszpl]

I think about 2030-60 but only if big companies like Toshiba, Sony etc. would found it profitable in near future

[amazingash22]

wow, so there is a slight possibility of me getting one in my lifetime!

[kingamaan]

man i just hope that thing doesn't become self aware or it'll be the age of the dinosaurs all over again.

[rockhoppa]

I want one!

[zkjerpen]

But does it get me any chicks..?

[bennettbuzz]

9 mins i aint watchin this

[ebaymag0t]

you missed out by the end he was doing back flips

[brothercrow]

I am thinking Chocobo Mounts

[doodleflash]

This looks fun. =D