Humanoid Jaemi HUBO Robot Works Out on the Treadmill

August 4, 2009 by · Leave a Comment

This story of yet another walking robot appears in several posts on the web.  One is at slipperybrick.com, another is posted on botropolis.com, and a third version is found on plasticpals.com.  Drexel University now has a walking robot that does his thing on a treadmill.   Daniel M. Lofaro of the Drexel Autonomous Systems Lab has just posted a video on You Tube which shows the robot walking on a treadmill.   Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) built the original version of this robot the HUBO.  HUBO is short form for "humanoid robot."  Jaemi HUBO is the American incarnation of KAIST’s HUBO 2, which has been built by Drexel University thanks to a $5 million dollar, 5 year research initiative funded by the National Science Foundation.  In light of the stories of Toyota’s running robot, this bot may have some catching up to do.  However, there is no doubt about which robot would win in the gym.

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Humanoid Jaemi HUBO robot hits the gym
Slippery Brick
In between planning our demise and testing cycles and such, robots like to hit the gym just like you. And while this guy may not be fast, he's working on it …

Humanoid Jaemi HUBO robot hits the gym – Slippery Brick
Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:51:23 GMT

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See Robot Run

July 21, 2009 by · Leave a Comment

This is one impressive robot.  Watch it in action on this video at You Tube.  Sure, it can not run uphill or withstand a push greater than a human’s, but it is hard to not consider this a quantum leap (no pun intended) in bipedal robots.  Toyota is known for building quality automobiles and not so much for robots.  However, they have now demonstrated that their robotics technology is also at the cutting edge.  Read more in the article from Artificial Intelligence and Robotics.

Video Credit:  Toyota

Toyota’s most recent humanoid robot prototype (one of many partner robots the automotive giant is developing) stands 130cm tall and weighs 50Kgr. Its legs have 7 degrees of freedom and it can run at an average speed of 7 km/h. In contrast, ASIMO’s maximum speed is 6km/h. The Toyota researchers had to develop new real-time methods for balance control. These methods make it possible for the robot to remain balanced when an external force such as a push from a human is applied when in motion.
The below video from Toyota demonstrates the running capabilities of the new humanoid robot. The robot takes a step every 340ms and has no contact with the ground for 100ms of that. Notice in the video how the robot remains balanced even after pushed by the human.

Toyota’s running humanoid robot
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Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:52:00 GMT

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