HRP3L-JSK Japanese robot has the perfect balancing act

post from Ubergizmo on 10 May 2012 12:58:00 AM. © Ubergizmo

We’ve seen a lot of robot inventions in the past, but the HRP3L-JSK seems special. Why? This robot is a rare bi-pedal specimen that can actually maintain its balance, even if you try to trip it down. Junichi Urata and his colleagues at the University of Tokyo’s JSK Lab, led by Professor Masayuki Inaba, have developed a high-torque, high-speed robotic leg based on a novel electrical actuation system. When tripped off, the robot calculates 170 possible foot positions and picks up the most stable solution in just 1 millisecond. In order to do that, the actuators in each joint on both legs must have enough speed and power to keep its balance. You can check out the video after the jump. (more…)

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