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General Misc => Robot Videos => Topic started by: Admin on February 13, 2007, 10:14:45 AM

Title: humanoid pelvis!!
Post by: Admin on February 13, 2007, 10:14:45 AM
so these guys one-up Asimo to show that adding a pelvis to your humanoid robot can greatly enhance walking ability . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEpk-MmoO0A

in the second half of the video, they give another demonstration of the walking (wheel?) chair

if you look carefully, you will notice its tethered . . .

previous information on it was originally posted here:
http://www.societyofrobots.com/robotforum/index.php?topic=305.0
Title: Re: humanoid pelvis!!
Post by: annoyin_kid on February 13, 2007, 12:02:28 PM
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in the second half of the video, they give another demonstration of the walking (wheel?) chair

na man they are saying a wheel chair wouldn't be able to do that but their robot can.
Title: Re: humanoid pelvis!!
Post by: JonHylands on February 13, 2007, 06:27:30 PM
Here's a link to the home-page for that first pevis-enabled robot:

http://www.takanishi.mech.waseda.ac.jp/research/wabian/index.htm

39 degrees of freedom...

- Jon
Title: Re: humanoid pelvis!!
Post by: annoyin_kid on February 14, 2007, 11:12:34 AM
didn't the one in the vid have 7 degrees of freedom?
Title: Re: humanoid pelvis!!
Post by: JonHylands on February 14, 2007, 11:39:47 AM
No, I think they were saying each leg has 7 degrees of freedom.

Of course, that's not saying much. Each leg in MicroRaptor has seven degrees of freedom also...

- Jon