Robot ATRIAS walk in the park

The robot ostrich scares her "relatives»

ATRIAS - is a robot created by a team of the University of Oregon (USA). Recently, its creators decided to walk to the local park for a robot. It looks robot is not too friendly, but as far as we can see, no one was afraid. The purpose of the walk - to find out how well the robot can move over rough terrain.

Park - it is certainly not the mountains, but there is not any robot will be able to walk normally. It is understood that the test was successful - the system problems have arisen.



By the way, the name of the robot stands for "Assume The Robot Is A Sphere", an old joke from the world of physics, which demonstrates the ability to significantly simplify complex physical problems for carrying out the necessary calculations.



According to the developers, their system - a very energy efficient, the movement of the robot need a minimum of energy. This robot can walk on two legs, unlike their predecessors (BigDog, WildCat and Spot).



Source: geektimes.ru/post/250040/