Robots that walk, run and jump…
[Last time I looked, they were still trying to make robots walk effectively… obviously a lot of advances have been made in the field of robotics, without a lot of fanfare. I’d say that this is as much a function of advancing hardware capacity as anything else. -Thomas]
Sony’s Qrio robot hits the ground running
By Yoshiko Hara
EE Times
December 19, 2003 (12:14 p.m. ET)
TOKYO — Sony Corp. has developed an integrated walking, running and jumping motion control technology that enables its humanoid robot “Qrio” to smoothly combine conventional walking movement with new running and jumping motions.
“In the past, when a robot walked, it was a big news. Now researchers are challenging to make a robot run. Sony demonstrated Qrio, a humanoid robot, running today,” said Toshitada Doi, executive vice president of Sony and president of Sony’s intelligent dynamics laboratories.
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