DPRG mailing list archives: [DPRG] Honda Falling Down

Tue Feb 6 01:10:41 CST 2007

Here's one that can get up, walk straight, dance, help carry a panel, etc :

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4mtOvtMbMIo
Kawada HRP-2

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pete Miles" <robots at walkingrobots.com>
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Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 6:46 PM
Subject: Re: [DPRG] Honda Falling Down

> My humanoid robots does a lot better job at getting up onto its feet than 
> it does walking a straight line.
>
> Pete
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John C. Abshier" <jabshier at kc.rr.com>
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> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 3:02 PM
> Subject: [DPRG] Honda Falling Down
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>> I see much effort on making robots perfect and little effort on making
>> robots able to recover.  Even with my brain, I sometimes fall, sometimes
>> get "situationally challenged" (admitting getting lost, causes large tab
>> at officer's club), drop screws, etc.  But I get up, figgure out where I
>> am, and crawl around on the floor to find the screw.  Any walking robot
>> needs to be able to get up because it will fall.
>>
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