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09 Apr 2022

Robot Musicians

The Robotic Musicianship group at Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology is working on several robot musicians projects that will enable real-time musical collaboration between humans and robots to create new and fascinating music that combines the unique abilities of both humans and robots. The music-playing robot, Guitar Bot, can help you play guitar with ease and manipulate the strings like a virtuoso. The Guitar Bot. Image credit: The Robotic Musicianship group. In one of their projects, FOREST, they aim to enhance human-robot interaction through the use of non-verbal emotional communication channels like sound and gesture. The emotion-carrying sounds accompanying…

23 Mar 2022

Quadruped Robot Dog Gives a High Five

Quadrupeds/Hexapods, Robot Categories 👉🏻

The researchers have developed a nonlinear Model Predictive Control (MPC) framework for multi-legged robots that can generate whole-body motion plans in real-time. The quadruped dog robot can maneuver through different terrains using a novel model predictive control algorithm. Image credit: The Authors In this study, the proposed control system is implemented on Solo12, a quadruped robot that is able to perform several motions such as trotting, bounding, and jumping. The robot dog is able to generate a very complex motion, such as a high-five, with the help of its full-body capabilities. The quadruped robot gives a high-five that resembles a…

22 Mar 2022

Shadow Teleoperation Robot

Humanoids, Robot Categories 👉🏻

Shadow Robot Company has developed a dexterous teleoperation robot that can serve as remote hands to perform a variety of different essential tasks without the need for the user to physically be there. Image Credit: Shadow Robot Company Before proceeding: We just want to be upfront with you, some links on this page are affiliate links, meaning Mecharithm will earn a small commission if you click on those links and make a purchase. We use these funds directly to operate the business, maintain our website, and create awesome content for you. Robot hands will mimic the movements of the operator…

14 Mar 2022

Automatic Excavator for Automation in Construction Industry

Automation, Robot Categories 👉🏻

SRI Robotics developed an excavator for construction automation that can operate autonomously following pre-programmed instructions on where to dig, be controlled using video game motion controls, or manually by a driver. The operator can control the excavator using simple video game motion controls. Image credit: SRI Robotics The excavator can also be controlled manually by an operator. Image credit: SRI Robotics The autonomous operation for the automatic digger is possible through several depth-sensing 3D cameras, antennas, and wireless communication that also allow the excavator to intelligently detect people and stop while flashing warning lights to provide safety. The remote control…

06 Mar 2022

How to Become a Robotics Engineer

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In this robotics podcast, Ardalan Tajbakhsh was hosted by Dr. Madi Babaiasl to talk about how to become a robotics engineer. Ardalan is currently a Ph.D. student at Carnegie Mellon University and he is a former robotics engineer at iRobot and Zebra who has recently published a series on LinkedIn about how to become a robotics engineer. These posts received high recognition from the robotics community and he decided to turn the posts into an article for easier and permanent access. You can read his article HERE. In this interview, he talks about these posts and explains everything to provide…

04 Mar 2022

Cassie Blue: A Bipedal Walking Robot

Legged Robots, Robot Categories 👉🏻

Dynamic Legged Locomotion Lab at the University of Michigan developed Cassie Blue, which is a bipedal robot with 20 degrees of freedom (dofs) that can navigate around and avoid obstacles. Photo credit: Dynamic Legged Locomotion Lab You can learn more about the concept of degrees of freedom (dofs) for robots in the article below: https://www.mecharithm.com/degrees-of-freedom-of-a-robot/ By combining the data from the LIDAR and IMU sensors in real-time, the bipedal walking robot is able to create an elevation map. The bipedal robot planning system uses a multi-layer local map to find the optimal path and a reactive system to compensate for…