One Legged Jumping Robot
The concept of jumping robots isn’t really new. Designer Rush Robinett first had the idea of making a leaping robot while catching grasshoppers. Robinett now holds the Guinness World record for a highest jumping robot. That’s neat and all that, but as always, the Japanese have come up with something way cooler…
Toyota has developed a 3.3 foot robot leg than can jump as high as four centimeters. It does this by bending and stretching its toe and a knee-like joint. This obviously paves the way for more agile robots in the future, and Toyota is currently looking for means to integrate the technology to two-legged robots.
Given that Honda’s ASIMO can already run at a moderate speed, and that Japan is getting better and better at making robots look more human, a fully mobile humanoid robot could be ready for production in the not too distant future.
Is it just me or is it always a bit cooler when the robot is humanoid?
The concept of jumping robots isn’t really new. Designer Rush Robinett first had the idea of making a leaping robot while catching grasshoppers. Robinett now holds the Guinness World record for a highest jumping robot. That’s neat and all that, but as always, the Japanese have come up with something way cooler…
Toyota has developed a 3.3 foot robot leg than can jump as high as four centimeters. It does this by bending and stretching its toe and a knee-like joint. This obviously paves the way for more agile robots in the future, and Toyota is currently looking for means to integrate the technology to two-legged robots.
Given that Honda’s ASIMO can already run at a moderate speed, and that Japan is getting better and better at making robots look more human, a fully mobile humanoid robot could be ready for production in the not too distant future.
Is it just me or is it always a bit cooler when the robot is humanoid?