There are some amazing robots out there the field is moving forward at a breathtaking pace, where we will be in 5 to 10 years time I almost dread to think, but still find it exhilarating! Below are some state of the art robots:-
Big Dog - Boston Dynamics
The balance control on this thing is utterly jaw dropping watch how it copes on ice when kicked over.
Smart Bird - Festo
You really wouldn't think that a robot could ever match the elegant grace of a flying bird. Well I think SmartBird from Festo labs in Germany comes within a gnats whisker!
Petman - Boston Dynamics
And this really is the Terminator alpha prototype.... Yikes....
HRP-4C - AIST (Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
Well we need some non military female robots to balance things out a bit, so here is the Japanese public research organisations HRP-4C (They could have thought of a better name !). Hang on a minute is she actually swinging her hips?
ASIMO - Honda
And of course we can't forget ASIMO probably the longest running robot research platform of them all. Certainly the most expensive.
Geminoids - Hiroshi Ishiguro Laboratory
Not as mechanically technically advanced but looking at the way robots and humans interact, focusing on getting robots to look as human like as possible.
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