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What servos are suitable for a robot like Boston Dynamics’ Atlas?
The Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robot doesn't actually use servo motors. It uses electrically-powered hydraulic actuation.
I saw a presentation by Boston Dynamics' Marc Raibert where (if I remember ...
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How to balance a humanoid robot on one feet?
Humanoid robots balance and motion planning are not trivial tasks. I believe you will learn a lot if you read about Zero Moment Point (ZMP). Basically, it is a specific point of contact between the ...
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What knowledge should I have if I want to establish a robotics company?
You need enough domain knowledge to be able to tell if someone is bullshitting you or not, to be able to determine when someone has an achievable or unachievable project idea, to be able to determine ...
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Why there is so much research going on in humanoid robots?
From another point of view, bipeds(humanoids) are regardless of their use interesting since they are high dimensional nonlinear hybrid systems. Sure, there are more systems with those qualifications, ...
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Humanoid robot arm - inverse kinematics - choose joint solutions
That looks like a fun pair of arms :-)
Yes, if you already have a known pose, choosing a solution that minimizes movement is a decent choice. The obvious draw-back is that which choice is made for a ...
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How can I calculate Center of mass for each link of Robot?
Since it is not sure that your robot is in a plane or not, I would consider it in 3D.
You have all the geometrical dimensions of the robot. And I assume you have also all angles in all joints.
You ...
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Motion planning with sequential convex optimization
This isn't my area of expertise, but it looks like your guess in your question is correct. From the paper:
Let $F_{\mbox{targ}}$ denote the target pose of the gripper, and let $F_{\mbox{cur}}(\...
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Humanoid robot arm - inverse kinematics - choose joint solutions
You can use differential IK to solve for a set of IK solutions along a given trajectory. The idea is that you use the IK solution of the current time step, to compute an IK solution for the next time ...
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Humanoid balancing
They are two main approachs for humanoid robot walking. Practically it depends on the physical capabilities of your robot and what you want to achieve.
If your robot is able to sustain strong impact ...
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How does a biped humanoid robot like OttoDIY move?
Unlike most bipeds, who walk by shifting their center of gravity towards the direction they want to move, the Otto DIY robot doesn't seem to have any clear shift in center of gravity. This is probably ...
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Humanoid Robot Arm
You could use the MATLAB function block. Write a script that contains a single function for doing forward/inverse kinematics, then reference it in the MATLAB function block. Similarly, you could use ...
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What knowledge should I have if I want to establish a robotics company?
To create a company of any kind you need both business skills and interpersonal skills. The main domain knowledge should come from your CTO (Chief Technical Officer) and your engineers.
Your main job ...
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What knowledge should I have if I want to establish a robotics company?
If having a company is more important to you than working in robotics for someone else, business skills and people skills are more important than technical skills.
Being successful requires ...
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What software can I use to 3d model and simulate my robot?
All depends on much "standards" is your robot and how much coding of the simulator you want to code.
If you don't want to simulate contact the easiest way is to write down your own simulator in you ...
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Use of universal humanoid robots for lean and agile manufacturing and services?
There is the problem, that human-like robots are not yet able to move as reliably as humans. Not far ago was there content for robots to get out of car, walk to doors, open the handle and walk inside -...
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How is whole body control different from computed torque control?
Whole body control (WBC) refers to how to control antropmorph structure (as a system), while the computed torque control (CTC) is a method to compute the torque in 1 single joint (i.e. to control 1 ...
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