Recently, IHMC Robotics released a shocking new video, in which Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot (DRC version) is carefully walking through various obstacles.
Atlas is the latest product of the advanced humanoid robot series being developed by Boston Dynamics. The DRC version of Atlas robot is about 1.83m high and weighs about 149 ~ 18 1kg, with as many as 28 hydraulic joints.
This version of the robot uses a tether as an external drive, because large robots often consume a lot of electricity, and the external power supply can guarantee power supply. The tether can also prevent the robot from falling down during the test.
As a star company in the field of "intelligent robots", Boston Dynamics' every move has always attracted much attention. Unlike industrial robots that have been put into use in factories, Boston Dynamics has been committed to building bionic robots.
The research and development of bionic robots is extremely difficult, and Boston Dynamics has spent ten years on it. The iteration of Atlas robot alone has experienced three major version updates.
Boston Dynamics has been developing Atlas since 2009. They cut a quadruped robot in half and made an early biped robot.
The first edition of atlas was first published on 20 13. It is powered by four hydraulic limbs and the fuselage is made of aviation grade aluminum and titanium. It is about 1.8m high and weighs 150kg, and is illuminated by blue LED.
Equipped with two vision systems-a laser rangefinder and a stereo camera, controlled by an airborne computer.
Its hands have the ability of fine movements and its limbs have 28 degrees of freedom. The main feature is that it needs a long line for power supply, and it can walk through the road covered with stones in the laboratory environment, keeping balance and not falling down.
At the beginning of 20 15, Atlas completed its own evolution and successfully upgraded to the second edition in order to participate in the DARPA Robot Challenge in early June.
75% of Atlas in the second edition has been redesigned, and only the calves and feet have followed the design of the previous edition. The upgraded atlas is1.88m high and156.5kg heavy. ..
The most significant changes in this version of Atlas are the power supply and pump. The second version of the power supply system is a 3.7 kWh car-mounted lithium-ion battery pack, which can be used continuously for one hour when walking, standing and using tools. In this way, Atlas got rid of the shackles of cables.
The powerful airborne hydraulic pump makes the Atlas robot move faster, and the new pump also greatly improves the noise problem of Atlas.
Other aspects of transformation include:
Adopt new production materials to make the atlas more portable; The new electric drive makes Atlas arm stronger and more agile; Atlas wrist adds extra freedom, and you can turn the door handle just by turning your wrist; Three airborne sensing computers are installed in the head of Atlas for sensing environment and mission planning. In addition, the researchers also installed a wireless emergency braking function for it to ensure safe operation.
After the first two editions, Boston Dynamics released a video on YouTube on February 23, 20 16, and the third edition of Atlas was officially unveiled.
This version of the atlas is1.75m high and weighs 82kg, which is lighter than the previous version and can be used for indoor and outdoor practical operation.
The third edition of Atlas maintains body balance by collecting position data from sensors in the body and legs. The laser radar locator and stereo camera on its head can effectively avoid obstacles, detect the ground situation and complete the cruise mission.
The most shocking thing about this version is that it has the function of getting up by itself after falling, which is very excellent compared with other robots.
1October 20 17, 1 1, Atlas completed a difficult back flip and landed steadily.
2065438+In May 2008, Atlas ran happily outdoors and jumped over obstacles with his feet.
Since then, it has also learned skills such as standing high jump and long-distance jumping.
Unlike Apple and Google, Boston Dynamics never holds a press conference. Sending videos on YouTube is the only way for them to communicate with the outside world, and every time a video is released, it will lead to a heated discussion among the crowd.
It can be said that Boston Dynamics is constantly refreshing human cognition of robots. There are three main models, except the humanoid robot Atlas, the robot dog Spot and the two-wheeled robot Handle.
In 2005, the quadruped robot "Big Dog" made its debut. From June 5438 to June 20091October, the video of Boston Electric Power employees' "dog abuse" quickly detonated the network, which became the most concerned reason.
A month later, the "puppy" was born and could walk steadily in the rocks.
In the next four years, the big dog adapted to the more complicated terrain and learned to move things.
In 20 15, Spot officially appeared, weighing only 73kg, and can climb and walk calmly.
20 16 SpotMini appears, and the weight is reduced to 1/3 of Spot.
After more than a year, SpotMini changed into new clothes and her neck became shorter. February 20 18, it learned to open the door with its mouth. In May, it learned to identify roads, automatically plan routes and "drive" automatically.
In June+10 of the same year, I went to Tokyo to work as an inspector, climbed up and down through autonomous navigation and checked everywhere.
Compared with spot, the two-wheeled robot Handle is the "newcomer" of the company. On 20 17, he was designed as a "brick mover" in the logistics warehouse, with strong bouncing ability.
In March of this year, Handle was updated for the first time. According to Boston Dynamics, the new version of Handle can carry 13.6 kg boxes. The depth of the stacking box can reach 1.2m and the height can reach1.6m. ..
In recent years, AI artificial intelligence began to walk from behind the scenes to the front, and various so-called robots at home and abroad began to emerge, but there were few truly excellent robot manufacturers. Boston Dynamics has suffered a lot from serving the military from the beginning to becoming an online celebrity and gaining global fans.
At this moment, the road to commercialization of artificial intelligence robots represented by Boston Dynamics has been opened. This "crazy" robot company is entering a new stage.