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Showing posts with label Boston Dynamics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Boston Dynamics. Show all posts
Sunday, November 19, 2017
Sunday, December 4, 2016
Atlas Walking Over Rough Terrain #robotics #google
The Atlas Humanoid walking over small and partial footholds such as small stepping stones or line contacts. After each step the robot explores the new foothold by shifting its weight around its foot. To maintain balance we combine fast, dynamics stepping with the use of angular momentum (lunging of the upper body). The control algorithm was developed at IHMC, the robot was build by Boston Dynamics.
Saturday, June 25, 2016
Boston Dynamics' SpotMini Robot Can Do The Dishes!
SpotMini is a new smaller version of the Spot robot, weighing 55 lbs dripping wet (65 lbs if you include its arm.) SpotMini is all-electric (no hydraulics) and runs for about 90 minutes on a charge, depending on what it is doing. SpotMini is one of the quietest robots we have ever built. It has a variety of sensors, including depth cameras, a solid state gyro (IMU) and proprioception sensors in the limbs. These sensors help with navigation and mobile manipulation. SpotMini performs some tasks autonomously, but often uses a human for high-level guidance. For more information about SpotMini visit our website at www.BostonDynamics.com
Sunday, March 6, 2016
Robot Dog Stands Off Against Real Dog
Fido vs Spot — Animal vs Robot
Published on Feb 27, 2016
The robot's lifelike movement catches the attention of a real dog. The uncanny uncanine valley. This is the latest quadruped robot from Google's Boston Dynamics group, and the only one in civilian hands. Another Video: https://youtu.be/q2gehrAhflQ Photos:https://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvets... And I revisited my post on the Google Master Plan, and sure enough, we see Robots → Skynet → Terminator → Google Security → User Happiness https://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvets...
See Spot Run — Robo romp in the Playground
Published on Feb 28, 2016
A demonstration of the new dog on the block, the Spot robot by Boston Dynamics, the only one in civilian hands. Dog interaction:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7nhy... Photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvets...
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
New Boston Dynamics Robot opens doors, walks on snow, and can lift itself up after it's pushed down.
Published on Feb 23, 2016
A new version of Atlas, designed to operate outdoors and inside buildings. It is specialized for mobile manipulation. It is electrically powered and hydraulically actuated. It uses sensors in its body and legs to balance and LIDAR and stereo sensors in its head to avoid obstacles, assess the terrain, help with navigation and manipulate objects. This version of Atlas is about 5' 9" tall (about a head shorter than the DRC Atlas) and weighs 180 lbs.
Monday, December 28, 2015
Boston Dynamics Retires BigDog for Being Too Noisy
According to Gizmodo, Boston Dynamics is ending development of the BigDog robot because it is too noisy to be practical for the operations in which it was designed to be useful. The company has learned a lot from this design and plans to use features from it in future robots, but a robot that is designed to be useful to in field military operations can't be so loud that it gives up it's troops position to the enemy.
Although I really wonder if the enemy is feeling too emboldened to attack a unit that has one of these bad boys running around on their side. I'd think the second BigDog was spotted, the enemies would be running away in the opposite direction is quickly as possible.
Sunday, December 27, 2015
Sunday, August 23, 2015
Boston Dynamics' Atlas Robot Tested Outside
Published on Aug 15, 2015
+ Marc Raibert - Founder, Boston Dynamics
Watch the full video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcFOW...
Watch the full video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcFOW...
Friday, May 29, 2015
MIT Cheetah Robot Lands the Running Jump
Published on May 28, 2015
In a leap for robotic development, the MIT researchers who built a robotic cheetah have now trained it to see and jump over hurdles as it runs — making this the first four-legged robot to run and jump over obstacles autonomously. (Learn more: http://bit.ly/1JYy1bD)
Watch the MIT cheetah run autonomously outside: http://youtu.be/XMKQbqnXXhQ
Video: Haewon Park, Patrick Wensing and Sangbae Kim
Watch the MIT cheetah run autonomously outside: http://youtu.be/XMKQbqnXXhQ
Video: Haewon Park, Patrick Wensing and Sangbae Kim
Sunday, May 10, 2015
DARPA Building Real Life Terminators Military Robots
Published on Nov 5, 2014
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is an agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of new technologies for use by the military. DARPA has been responsible for funding the development of many technologies which have had a major effect on the world, including computer networking, as well as NLS, which was both the first hypertext system, and an important precursor to the contemporary ubiquitous graphical user interface.
DARPA began as the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) created in 1958 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower for the purpose of forming and executing research and development projects to expand the frontiers of technology and science and able to reach far beyond immediate military requirements.[3] The administration was responding to the Soviet launching of Sputnik 1 in 1957, and ARPA's mission was to ensure U.S. military technology be more sophisticated than that of the nation's potential enemies. From DARPA's own introduction:[4]
DARPA’s original mission, established in 1958, was to prevent technological surprise like the launch of Sputnik, which signaled that the Soviets had beaten the U.S. into space. The mission statement has evolved over time. Today, DARPA’s mission is still to prevent technological surprise to the US, but also to create technological surprise for our enemies.
ARPA was renamed to "DARPA" (for Defense) in March 1972, then renamed "ARPA" in February 1993, and then renamed "DARPA" again in March 1996.
DARPA is independent from other more conventional military research and development and reports directly to senior Department of Defense management. DARPA has around 240 personnel (about 140 technical) directly managing a $3 billion budget. These figures are "on average" since DARPA focuses on short-term (two to four year) projects run by small, purpose-built teams.
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DARPA began as the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) created in 1958 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower for the purpose of forming and executing research and development projects to expand the frontiers of technology and science and able to reach far beyond immediate military requirements.[3] The administration was responding to the Soviet launching of Sputnik 1 in 1957, and ARPA's mission was to ensure U.S. military technology be more sophisticated than that of the nation's potential enemies. From DARPA's own introduction:[4]
DARPA’s original mission, established in 1958, was to prevent technological surprise like the launch of Sputnik, which signaled that the Soviets had beaten the U.S. into space. The mission statement has evolved over time. Today, DARPA’s mission is still to prevent technological surprise to the US, but also to create technological surprise for our enemies.
ARPA was renamed to "DARPA" (for Defense) in March 1972, then renamed "ARPA" in February 1993, and then renamed "DARPA" again in March 1996.
DARPA is independent from other more conventional military research and development and reports directly to senior Department of Defense management. DARPA has around 240 personnel (about 140 technical) directly managing a $3 billion budget. These figures are "on average" since DARPA focuses on short-term (two to four year) projects run by small, purpose-built teams.
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Sunday, April 12, 2015
New Robot from Boston Dynamics. Introducing Spot.
Published on Feb 9, 2015
Spot is a four-legged robot designed for indoor and outdoor operation. It is electrically powered and hydraulically actuated. Spot has a sensor head that helps it navigate and negotiate rough terrain. Spot weighs about 160 lbs.
Monday, February 9, 2015
Boston Dynamics Introduces Spot. A robot that looks like a dog, but acts like a weeble wobble. It weebles and wobbles but won't fall down!
Published on Feb 9, 2015
Spot is a four-legged robot designed for indoor and outdoor operation. It is electrically powered and hydraulically actuated. Spot has a sensor head that helps it navigate and negotiate rough terrain. Spot weighs about 160 lbs.
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
ATLAS Gets an Upgrade
Published on Jan 20, 2015
DARPA revealed upgrades to its Atlas robot on January 20, 2015. The robot was redesigned for DARPA by Boston Dynamics, with the goal of improving power efficiency to better support battery operation. Approximately 75 percent of the robot was rebuilt; only the lower legs and feet were carried over from the original design. The upgraded robot will be used by up to seven teams competing in the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals, which will take place June 5-6, 2015, at Fairplex in Pomona, Calif. Admission to the event is free and open to the public.
Visit www.theroboticschallenge.org for more information.
Visit www.theroboticschallenge.org for more information.
Sunday, December 21, 2014
Introducing WildCat
Published on Jun 14, 2014
WildCat is a four-legged robot being developed to run fast on all types of terrain. So far WildCat has run at about 16 mph on flat terrain using bounding and.
WildCat is a four-legged robot being developed to run fast on all types of terrain. So far WildCat has run at about 16 mph on flat terrain using bounding and.
US robotics company Boston Dynamics releases new footage of WildCat, its quadruped robot. WildCat is being developed to run fast on all types of terrain. So .
Robot makers at Boston Dynamics have unveiled their latest military-funded creation: a four-legged machine called WildCat that bounds and gallops across the .
WildCat is a four-legged robot being developed to run fast on all types of terrain. So far WildCat has run at about 16 mph on flat terrain using bounding and.
US robotics company Boston Dynamics releases new footage of WildCat, its quadruped robot. WildCat is being developed to run fast on all types of terrain. So .
Robot makers at Boston Dynamics have unveiled their latest military-funded creation: a four-legged machine called WildCat that bounds and gallops across the .
Sunday, October 12, 2014
These Bad Ass Autonomous Military Robot Weapons will win all our Wars!
Published on Jun 1, 2013
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) was established in 1958 to prevent strategic surprise from negatively impacting U.S. national security and create strategic surprise for U.S. adversaries by maintaining the technological superiority of the U.S. military.
To fulfill its mission, the Agency relies on diverse performers to apply multi-disciplinary approaches to both advance knowledge through basic research and create innovative technologies that address current practical problems through applied research. DARPA's scientific investigations span the gamut from laboratory efforts to the creation of full-scale technology demonstrations in the fields of biology, medicine, computer science, chemistry, physics, engineering, mathematics, material sciences, social sciences, neurosciences and more. As the DoD's primary innovation engine, DARPA undertakes projects that are finite in duration but that create lasting revolutionary change.
http://www.MilitarySkyNet.com hosts news stories, photos, video clips and other forms of Multi Media pertaining to the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard's rapid development and proliferation of robotic weapons, machines and fully autonomous weapons that could select and engage targets without human intervention. Robot warfare and autonomous weapons, the next step from unmanned drones, are already being worked on by military scientists around the world and will be available within the decade. Deploying robot soldiers will potentially save lives of real soldiers. Autonomous robotic weapons won't get tired and they won't seek revenge if their colleague is killed. MilitarySkyNet.com documents the path to giving machines the power to decide who lives and dies on the battlefield
MilitarySkyNet.com hosts news stories, photos, video clips and other forms of Multi Media pertaining to the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard's rapid development and proliferation of robotic weapons, machines and fully autonomous weapons that could select and engage targets without human intervention. Robot warfare and autonomous weapons, the next step from unmanned drones, are already being worked on by military scientists around the world and will be available within the decade. Deploying robot soldiers will potentially save lives of real soldiers. Autonomous robotic weapons won't get tired and they won't seek revenge if their colleague is killed. MilitarySkyNet.com documents the path to giving machines the power to decide who lives and dies on the battlefield
To fulfill its mission, the Agency relies on diverse performers to apply multi-disciplinary approaches to both advance knowledge through basic research and create innovative technologies that address current practical problems through applied research. DARPA's scientific investigations span the gamut from laboratory efforts to the creation of full-scale technology demonstrations in the fields of biology, medicine, computer science, chemistry, physics, engineering, mathematics, material sciences, social sciences, neurosciences and more. As the DoD's primary innovation engine, DARPA undertakes projects that are finite in duration but that create lasting revolutionary change.
http://www.MilitarySkyNet.com hosts news stories, photos, video clips and other forms of Multi Media pertaining to the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard's rapid development and proliferation of robotic weapons, machines and fully autonomous weapons that could select and engage targets without human intervention. Robot warfare and autonomous weapons, the next step from unmanned drones, are already being worked on by military scientists around the world and will be available within the decade. Deploying robot soldiers will potentially save lives of real soldiers. Autonomous robotic weapons won't get tired and they won't seek revenge if their colleague is killed. MilitarySkyNet.com documents the path to giving machines the power to decide who lives and dies on the battlefield
MilitarySkyNet.com hosts news stories, photos, video clips and other forms of Multi Media pertaining to the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard's rapid development and proliferation of robotic weapons, machines and fully autonomous weapons that could select and engage targets without human intervention. Robot warfare and autonomous weapons, the next step from unmanned drones, are already being worked on by military scientists around the world and will be available within the decade. Deploying robot soldiers will potentially save lives of real soldiers. Autonomous robotic weapons won't get tired and they won't seek revenge if their colleague is killed. MilitarySkyNet.com documents the path to giving machines the power to decide who lives and dies on the battlefield
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Google Buys Walking Robot Creators, Boston Dynamics!
Think robotics isn't going mainstream?
Google doesn't agree with you!
They just bought Boston Dynamics who's videos we've featured many times.
But what are Google's plans with the company known for making walking robots that can traverse many different obstacles? The world is going to be a very interesting place in 10 years.
Here's some of our favorite Boston Dynamics robots we've seen over the years:
Google doesn't agree with you!
They just bought Boston Dynamics who's videos we've featured many times.
But what are Google's plans with the company known for making walking robots that can traverse many different obstacles? The world is going to be a very interesting place in 10 years.
Here's some of our favorite Boston Dynamics robots we've seen over the years:
Atlas
Big Dog
WildCat
More details:
Google buys Boston Dynamics, the Big Dog of robotics companies
Sunday, October 6, 2013
The Atlas Robot Will Run You Over!
Published on Oct 3, 2013
Atlas is an anthropomorphic robot designed to operate on rough terrain. The video shows Atlas balancing as it walks on rocky terrain and when pushed from the side. The balance and control system places the feet and swings the arms and upper body to stay upright. The controller uses inertial, kinematic and load data from Atlas's sensors. Atlas is being developed by Boston Dynamics with funding from DARPA's M3 program. For more information visit www.BostonDynamics.com
Saturday, October 5, 2013
WildCat is a four-legged robot that runs fast on all types of terrain
Published on Oct 3, 2013
WildCat is a four-legged robot being developed to run fast on all types of terrain. So far WildCat has run at about 16 mph on flat terrain using bounding and galloping gaits. The video shows WildCat's best performance so far. WildCat is being developed by Boston Dynamics with funding from DARPA's M3 program. For more information about WIldCat visit our website at www.BostonDynamics.com.
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Petman Tests Camo
Published on Apr 5, 2013
The PETMAN robot was developed by Boston Dynamics with funding from the DoD CBD program. It is used to test the performance of protective clothing designed for hazardous environments. The video shows initial testing in a chemical protection suit and gas mask. PETMAN has sensors embedded in its skin that detect any chemicals leaking through the suit. The skin also maintains a micro-climate inside the clothing by sweating and regulating temperature. Partners in developing PETMAN were MRIGlobal, Measurement Technology Northwest, Smith Carter, CUH2A, and HHI.
Sunday, March 3, 2013
DARPA Robot Masters Stairs
Published on Apr 11, 2012
This video shows versions of DARPA and Boston Dynamics robots climbing stairs, walking on a treadmill and doing pushups.
A modified platform resembling these robots is expected to be used as government-funded equipment (GFE) for performers in Tracks B and C of the DARPA Robotics Challenge (http://www.darpa.mil/NewsEvents/Relea...). The GFE Platform is expected to have two arms, two legs, a torso and a head, and will be physically capable of performing all of the tasks required for the disaster response scenarios scheduled in the Challenge. However, despite the appearance of the robots in the video, the Challenge is decidedly not exclusive to humanoid robot solutions. Any designs are welcome provided they are compatible with shared human-robot environments, compatible with human tools, and compatible with human operators so that a human without expertise in robotics can give commands and confidently anticipate the response.
It is DARPA's position that achieving true innovation in robotics, and thus success in the Robotics Challenge, will require contributions from communities beyond traditional robotics developers. Hardware, software, modeling and gaming developers are sought to link with emergency response and various science communities to devise novel solutions that enable robots to respond to disasters according to the tasks laid out in DARPA's announcement (http://go.usa.gov/mVj) for the Challenge.
A modified platform resembling these robots is expected to be used as government-funded equipment (GFE) for performers in Tracks B and C of the DARPA Robotics Challenge (http://www.darpa.mil/NewsEvents/Relea...). The GFE Platform is expected to have two arms, two legs, a torso and a head, and will be physically capable of performing all of the tasks required for the disaster response scenarios scheduled in the Challenge. However, despite the appearance of the robots in the video, the Challenge is decidedly not exclusive to humanoid robot solutions. Any designs are welcome provided they are compatible with shared human-robot environments, compatible with human tools, and compatible with human operators so that a human without expertise in robotics can give commands and confidently anticipate the response.
It is DARPA's position that achieving true innovation in robotics, and thus success in the Robotics Challenge, will require contributions from communities beyond traditional robotics developers. Hardware, software, modeling and gaming developers are sought to link with emergency response and various science communities to devise novel solutions that enable robots to respond to disasters according to the tasks laid out in DARPA's announcement (http://go.usa.gov/mVj) for the Challenge.
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