Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society · 2006 · 17 citations · 3 references
EngineeringEducationEntertainment RoboticsEntertainment RobotSoft RoboticsHumanoid RoboticsMechatronic PlatformLegged RobotKinematicsEmbodied RoboticsHumanoid RobotCompanion RobotMechatronicsDesignAutomationMechanical SystemsPersonal RobotTechnologyRoboticsHumanoid Robotic
Humanoid robotics has long been a key research area, and today they are ubiquitous in media and consumer products, indicating society is ready for bipedal robots. The paper introduces Aldebaran Robotics’ new mechatronic humanoid platform, a companion robot comparable to AIBO. The platform’s development is detailed through mechanical prototyping, actuator selection, electronic architecture, and initial computing design.
For several years, humanoid robotic has an important place in the research area. But nowadays, humanoid robots are everywhere: movies, advertising, toy... The world seems to be ready for biped robot. In this paper, a new mechatronic platform is introduced: the Aldebaran robotics' humanoid robot. The firm is developing an entertainment robot in the same range than the AIBO robot: a companion robot. The process of mechanical prototyping, actuator designation, electronic architecture and first computing design are presented in this document
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