A team of researchers from the US and Germany has now found a way to make robots walk and run just as we do, thereby opening the doors for them to be deployed in the armed forces and in other services in the future.
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The system is based on a concept called "spring-mass" walking that was theorised less than a decade ago, and combines passive dynamics of a mechanical system with computer control. It provides the ability to blindly react to rough terrain, maintain balance, retain an efficiency of motion and essentially walk like humans do.
The robots being constructed at OSU were designed to mimic this "spring-legged" action of bipedal animals. "I am confident that this is the future of legged robotic locomotion," Hurst said. ATRIAS, the human-sized robot most recently created at OSU, can take impacts and retain its balance.
The robot can walk over rough and bumpy terrain, the researchers said. The technologies developed at OSU have evolved from intense studies of both human and animal walking and running, to learn how animals achieve a fluidity of motion with a high degree of energy efficiency.
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As fire fighters they may charge upstairs in burning buildings to save lives. They could play new roles in factories or do ordinary household chores. Aspects of the locomotion technology may also assist people with disabilities, the researchers said. The findings appeared in the journal IEEE Transactions on Robotics.
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