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  1. Re:The problem with .... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Hitachi Unveils Humanoid Robot

    I got to see a demo of a bunch of QRIO robots in Japan last Fall. There was a team of Sony engineers/programmers set up around the perimeter of the demo platform ready to catch the robots when they fell over... good thing because during the 15 minute demo they had to catch the robots a number of times. Contrast this to the RHex robots: tumbling down rock piles.

  2. Please learn how to make links. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Cockroach-Like Robot to Help Explain Animal Movement
    Please learn how to make links.
    <a href="http://www.rhex.net/">more info</a>
    (without any spaces put there by Slashdot) yields: more info

    If that's too much typing for you,
    <URL:http://www.rhex.net/>
    (without any spaces put there by Slashdot) yields: http://www.rhex.net/
  3. Please learn how to make links. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Cockroach-Like Robot to Help Explain Animal Movement
    Please learn how to make links.
    <a href="http://www.rhex.net/">more info</a>
    (without any spaces put there by Slashdot) yields: more info

    If that's too much typing for you,
    <URL:http://www.rhex.net/>
    (without any spaces put there by Slashdot) yields: http://www.rhex.net/
  4. RHex Web Page by bluewee · · Score: 2, Informative · on Cockroach-Like Robot to Help Explain Animal Movement

    RHex Page

  5. Expect to see more about Boston Dynamics by Onnimikki · · Score: 2, Informative · on Army Looks at Robotic Dogs

    Have a look at their Engineering page. You'll see images of both Rugged RHex (featured on Slashdot earlier) as well as Sony's bipedal Qrio robot. Marc Raibert has assembled an impressive team of people to work on these very cool projects.

  6. Hexapod robot: same as earlier Slashdot Story by Onnimikki · · Score: 2, Informative · on Robots for Air Force Protection

    There was an earlier story on Slashdot about RHex, as part of the Aqua project. Videos are available on the ARL website at McGill.

  7. Links by jeti · · Score: 3, Informative · on Robots for Air Force Protection

    And here are the links for RHex:
    ( easy to remember, easy to /. )

    RHex project home
    RHex software on sourceforge

  8. Foosball is a game of skill by reg106 · · Score: 3, Insightful · on Kiro, the Foosball Robot

    No really, I'm serious. This robot's playing style is more akin to what we call "whackball." Better foosball players remain in contact with the ball a lot longer, "palming" the ball with the face of the man to do quick changes in direction, fakes, and more. There's some video available here on the right side of the page.

    Of course, there have been robots interacting with dynamic environments in similar ways for a long time, such as juggling and running. It's a big jump to go to the next level, which requires chaining together sequences of difficult actions, such as palming the ball, passing, and shooting. But I think foosball is a great place to explore such dynamical interaction and action composition, and I'm jealous that they beat me to building a table.

  9. Re:So what happens if it crashes? by Onnimikki · · Score: 1 · on Powered Exoskeletons In The Near Future?
    Another point, is that your Lab isn't very good at programming/implementing bots. Assuming you're using a PIC microcontroller


    Wow, that's a really nice assertion. I would like to point out that the RHex robot co-developed by our lab and a few other universities is arguably the most successful walking/running robot in the world. It is probably the most reliable ambulatory robot ever built and is currently undergoing field demonstrations at SwRI in Texas.



    BTW, the robot uses a PC-104 stack running QNX. Yes, there's a PIC on it, incorporated on a custom PC-104 board, among all the other control electronics. It's not programmed with run-of-the-mill Radio-Shack "min/max control code" like your "basic claw-bot". Have a look at the papers written on RHex and the other robots and maybe you'll learn a thing or two about robotics.