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Two-Ton Diesel-Engined Mantis "Spider" Can Go Where No Wheeled Vehicle Can
Meet the Mantis, the world’s largest hexapod robot in the world. It took Micromagic Systems and its founder/chief designer Matt Denton four years to design and build the walking robot that is big enough to carry a human passenger.
The all-terrain robot weighs 1,900 kg (4,188 lbs), is 2.8 meters (9.18 ft) tall and is powered by a 50hp Perkins 2.2-liter turbo diesel engine which sets the hydraulics into motion. It’s fitted with a series of sensors that help it walk, with its movements being controlled by a Linux PC running the HexEngine software that coordinates the 18 hydraulic actuator in its legs.
Read more »- Audi Seemingly Not Afraid Of Potential 'rise Of The Machines' Scenario
All joking aside, Audi have developed a robot able to work hand in hand with humans without using a safety barrier. It's also the first human-robot cooperation at the VW Group to be applied in final assembly. Read more »...
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Industrial automation company Comau SpA has built a robot that is capable of scoring more three-point shots than NBA champion Marco Belinelli. Called Racer and used by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in its plants, the robot challenged San Antonio Spurs shooting...
- President Obama Meets And Plays Soccer With Honda's Asimo Robot! [w/video]
A few decades ago, interactive robots with human-like motion capabilities were only a figment of imagination, but technology has progressed quiet a distance since then. During his visit to Japan, U.S. President Barack Obama saw this firsthand after meeting...
- Toyota Begins Public Trials Of Winglet Personal Transport Assistance Robot [w/video]
Congratulations Toyota, you have just re-discovered the Segway. Even though you've named it the Winglet and are describing it as a "personal transport assistance robot ridden in a standing position", we fail to see how this is a different...
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