Virginia Tech: CHARLI the Robot

Virginia Tech College of Engineerings Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory's CHARLI is the first untethered, autonomous, full-sized, walking, humanoid robot with four moving limbs and a head, built in the United States. April, 2010. http://www.romela.org/main/Robotics_and_Mechanisms_Laboratory

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[MechaBlazeEagle]

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!

[TheSafecracker777]

Take the red pill

[dynamizer2]

Hi, I am Dynamizer.

This Robt is Grete Job!

[Rebelgium]

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).

[TheWizzooo]

This is great, VT!

[RichardX1]

Someone has to say it...

The Cylons were created by Man.

[techprep2]

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!

[StocktonTV]

I can make a baby that can learn how to walk faster than that

[evans0305]

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.

[togaida]

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.

[postmodrnprotege]

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!!!"