Kudos Dr. Hong! ...and on a miniscule budget compared to Japan (Asimo) and S. Korea (Hubo). Also, great article in Pop Sci Aug '10. Perhaps in four more decades of R&D you will make the USA proud by competing in the RoboCup 2050!
same old concept in the minds of new young ideas yet not one automaton basically walking like a real human, which incidentally (or ironically) is a form of falling for us humans, so...a robot can't be programmed to fall forward having catching itself by putting one foot in front of the other? Azimov knows we have accelerometers and gyroscopes to do so.
zrk9a - There are already pretty big developments in autonomous limbs. No, it's not "ideal" yet, but calm down. I doubt you're contributing much to robotics to begin with, so your complaints/criticisms are unneccessary. "Oh my, they're making progress but it's not where I want it to be so it sucks!!!"
Sure, people have been developing robots for decades, but realistically, it's because a workable design for the software and hardware is still a bit off from being advanced enough to be in anyone's home. Even Honda's Asimo is still controlled by someone's laptop from behind a showroom curtain. Sorry, but it'll still be nearly another decade before we actually have a working ideal robot. Better late than now, or that transformer would crush anyone from it's insides while it transforms.
all the walking bots i've ever seen, except probably azimo, walk by balancing on one leg at a time while placing the free leg a bit forward. humans lift a leg, break their balance by leaning seemlessly forwards and let themselves "fall" on the leg once the foot is placed where it's desired. maybe trying to copy this process is the way to go. but the secret doesn't lie in the legs alone
Hi, I am Dynamizer.
This Robt is Grete Job!
dynamizer2 1 year ago
good work, very interesting.
One comment though, @2:14 he says they're the first to implement this, that's not true, not at all.
They are the first in the US though (like they said in the beginning of the video).
Rebelgium 1 year ago
This is great, VT!
TheWizzooo 1 year ago
Someone has to say it...
The Cylons were created by Man.
RichardX1 1 year ago
Kudos Dr. Hong! ...and on a miniscule budget compared to Japan (Asimo) and S. Korea (Hubo). Also, great article in Pop Sci Aug '10. Perhaps in four more decades of R&D you will make the USA proud by competing in the RoboCup 2050!
techprep2 1 year ago
The negativity of some of the comments to this vid are despicable! At least they're working to make these robots a reality!
It's utterly amazing what they're working to accomplish!
MechaBlazeEagle 1 year ago 4
I can make a baby that can learn how to walk faster than that
StocktonTV 1 year ago
same old concept in the minds of new young ideas yet not one automaton basically walking like a real human, which incidentally (or ironically) is a form of falling for us humans, so...a robot can't be programmed to fall forward having catching itself by putting one foot in front of the other? Azimov knows we have accelerometers and gyroscopes to do so.
togaida 1 year ago
zrk9a - There are already pretty big developments in autonomous limbs. No, it's not "ideal" yet, but calm down. I doubt you're contributing much to robotics to begin with, so your complaints/criticisms are unneccessary. "Oh my, they're making progress but it's not where I want it to be so it sucks!!!"
postmodrnprotege 1 year ago
come on! think harder! people have been working on robots for like forever!
at this rate, it take for us forever to make life size transformers and put them to practical service.
and what about those people who need prosthetics limbs? how long will that take us to make?
zrk9a 1 year ago
Sure, people have been developing robots for decades, but realistically, it's because a workable design for the software and hardware is still a bit off from being advanced enough to be in anyone's home. Even Honda's Asimo is still controlled by someone's laptop from behind a showroom curtain. Sorry, but it'll still be nearly another decade before we actually have a working ideal robot. Better late than now, or that transformer would crush anyone from it's insides while it transforms.
evans0305 1 year ago
Take the red pill
TheSafecracker777 1 year ago
all the walking bots i've ever seen, except probably azimo, walk by balancing on one leg at a time while placing the free leg a bit forward. humans lift a leg, break their balance by leaning seemlessly forwards and let themselves "fall" on the leg once the foot is placed where it's desired. maybe trying to copy this process is the way to go. but the secret doesn't lie in the legs alone
tried12usernames 1 year ago