"Watch This Terrifying Cheetah Robot Jump Over Hurdles" Topic
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Tango01 | 30 May 2015 12:36 p.m. PST |
"When you combine robots and cheetahs with military funding, you're bound to end up with something incredible. Robotics engineers from MIT have spent over five years developing a battery-powered quadruped robot capable of running as fast as a human being. And now they've trained that robot to jump over hurdles—autonomously. In a video released today, the team from MIT shows off their DARPA-funded, four-legged harbinger of terror approaching and clearing obstacles up to 18 inches tall while maintaing an average speed of 5 mph. The 70-lb robot (roughly the same weight as a female cheetah) estimates the height, size, and distance of objects in its path, and adjusts its approach to prepare a jump and safe landing—all without slowing down. "It's the first legged robot to be able leap hurdles like this autonomously," says team leader Sangbae Kim. "Many other robots can move faster on wheels, or maybe jump higher, but they can't do it on their own." Kim and his colleagues will hold a live demonstration of the robot's running jump at the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals in June, and present the findings from this latest round of tests at robotics conference in July. The previous cheetah had most of the same hardware—except it was blind. It used an IMU (internal measurement unit) with an accelerometer and a gyroscope to keep its balance. These sensors—the same used to control drones, satellites, and missiles—were combined with a specially-designed algorithm that could help determine how much force to exert and adapt to any changes in terrain and programmed speed. But the robot still had no way of seeing objects in the way…" Full article here link Amicalement Armand |
Mako11 | 30 May 2015 12:48 p.m. PST |
Ah, but does it know Karate, like the one in that Mars movie? Anyone else think this may be a bad idea? I'm just sayin'. |
miniMo | 30 May 2015 1:05 p.m. PST |
Like the robots didn't have enough advantages over us already, good grief! |
Zephyr1 | 30 May 2015 2:13 p.m. PST |
When they get fast enough to chase us, just use the old Wile E. Coyote trick of painting a tunnel on the wall, and watch them smack into it at full speed… ;-) |
nazrat | 30 May 2015 2:34 p.m. PST |
Terrifying? REALLY? Sheesh. |
Stryderg | 30 May 2015 9:14 p.m. PST |
5 miles per hour… I walk about 3.5 – 4 (yeah, I walk fast). Can't run much faster than that any more, but that's hardly 'terrifying'. |
Tango01 | 01 Jun 2015 10:35 a.m. PST |
You walked really fast my friend!. (smile) Amicalement Armand |
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