Asimo, a humanoid robot made by Honda, has been developed using a computational model and is known for its smooth, fluid motions and sleek appearance.
Asimo is not an autonomous robot. It can't enter a room and make
decisions on its own about how to navigate. The robot either has to be
programmed to do a specific job in a specific area that has markers that
it understands, or it has to be manually controlled by a human. Either by a wireless controller, gestures or voice commands.
CUTE!
But if Asimo falls midtask, then he's lost. I'm guessing you would have to command it to get up again...
Now I'm looking at these amazing inventions through the lens of 'a mover'. If I were Asimo, I would want to be more like BigDog.
OK, so not so pretty, but BigDog, a rough-terrain robot that walks, runs, climbs and carries
heavy loads, and is powered by a system that is a more 'embodied' model of movement using senses, much like our nervous system. The robots on-board computer controls locomotion, processes sensors and
handles communications with the user. This system keeps it
balanced on a wide variety of terrains and handles
navigation. AMAZING!!! The sensors for locomotion include joint position, joint force,
ground contact, ground load, a gyroscope and a stereo vision
system. Other sensors focus on the internal state of BigDog, monitoring
the hydraulic pressure, oil temperature, engine functions, battery
charge and others. The result is something much more animal, and look what happens when it's pushed over...
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