First Dynamically Balancing Biped Robot
March 1st, 2007 by matt“Anybots, which is three guys led by Trevor Blackwell, has developed the first robot that walks like we do, by dynamically balancing itself rather than being pre-programmed for walking like Asimo. The video shows the robot walking and being pushed by another ‘bully’ robot to demonstrate that it can’t easily be pushed over.”
via slashdot
April 18th, 2007 at 11:56 am
the claim that this robot is the first dynamically balancing biped appears false (one can do a cursory search on the internet to view several earlier robotic bipeds with claims of dynamic balance). If this claim is indeed shown to be false, Anybots and its owners (i.e., Trevor Blackwell and company) have possibly ruined their own credibility.
April 20th, 2007 at 9:23 am
very good point busters! That’s definitely a quick way of ruining a company’s cred.
Dynamic balance is old, I agree, but the method of balancing that Anybots is using doesn’t really sound familiar to me, but I could totally be wrong. Do you you have any links to back this statement up? I did a quick Google search, but all I found were earlier versions of this bot.