IRT Humanoid robot from Japan
The University of Tokyo’s IRT (Information and Robot Technology) Research Initiative started off back in 2008 and now they have come up with another robot. The IRT Humanoid is a full-scale bipedal humanoid with 38 degrees of freedom and is equipped with a gyro sensor at its waist, 6-axis force sensors in its feet and two additional force sensors in each arm. The robot is controlled by a pair of computers on a network, each dedicated to the upper or lower half of the body. The robot is currently being taught to mimic human motions through motion-capture at Tokyo University’s Department of Mechano-Informatics. It doesn’t look like this robot will be replacing us at our jobs anytime soon, but we’re sure the robot researchers are busy working on that.
You May Also Like
Related Articles on Ubergizmo