Developer and manufacturer - Robotis
DARwIn-OP on Wikipedia
https://youtu.be/tJpvahsOkRM
ROBOTIS Open Platform Humanoid robot, DARwIn-OP official Introduction
Uploaded on Mar 2, 2011
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DARwIn-OP (Dynamic Anthropomorphic Robot with Intelligence--Open Platform) is an affordable, miniature-humanoid-robot platform with advanced computational power, sophisticated sensors, high payload capacity, and dynamic motion ability to enable many exciting research and education activities.
https://youtu.be/cFvxUqffLSc
DXL & DARwIn-OP in RoboCup2012
Published on Jul 29, 2012
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All winners of the RoboCup 2012 humanoid league have either used the DYNAMIXEL in their robots or the humanoid platform DARwIn-OP.
https://youtu.be/SDwX5UTOaoA
Jimmy Darwin Conquers the Ladder
Published on Jul 25, 2013
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Jimmy Darwin (a DARwIn-OP humanoid robot) practicing for the ladder-climbing event at FIRA 2013 in Malaysia.
Recorded in the Autonomous Agents Lab, University of Manitoba on July 25, 2013
https://youtu.be/yaF8sngFm40
Angry DARwIn Georgia Tech
Published on Oct 22, 2013
https://youtu.be/Sn_jCZYm9Yg
Climbing the ladder
Published on Feb 26, 2014
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DARwIn-OP Climbing the ladder
https://youtu.be/u7Tc3-4oZG0
Jeff Darwin rides the bicycle
Published on Mar 27, 2014
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The University of Manitoba's 2014 entry in the ICRA DARwIn-OP Humanoid Application Challenge, featuring Jeff on the bicycle.
Following on our last two presentations (see below for links) we continue to look at novel applications for humanoid balancing. This year we are looking at the problem of riding a bicycle.
The robot uses inverse kinematics to calculate the positions of its arms and legs to allow it to pedal and steer. Because the hands must remain on the handlebar and the feet are in constant motion we have very minimal degrees of freedom available for balancing.
Recorded at the University of Manitoba's Autonomous Agents Laboratory, March 2014.
Music: "Ioma" by Moby, courtesy of MobyGratis
https://youtu.be/s-81_wL-YJQ
Dynamic Ladder Climbing
Published on Oct 8, 2014
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Jimmy, the 2013 champion in the FIRA ladder-climbing event held in Malaysia, demonstrates his new, dynamic ladder-climbing technique.
In 2013 the ladder had fixed, evenly-spaced rungs. For the 2014 competition the rungs will be randomly-spaced 10 to 20cm apart. This means we can no longer rely entirely on static motions as we did last year. Instead Jimmy uses his on-board camera to calculate the distance to the next rung while climbing, dynamically calculating where to place his hands and feet.
The only information the robot is given in advance is the inclination of the ladder (45 degrees in this case), and the distance from the ground to each of the first two rungs. All other information is calculated as the robot climbs.
The robot uses its camera, the three-axis accelerometer in the torso, pressure sensors in the feet, and torque sensors in the hands and knees as inputs when calculating its motions. The wireframe models in the video show the robot's live position as it climbs (i.e. not a simulation, but playback of realtime data collected on the robot while climbing).
Music: "Houses" by Moby, licensed via MobyGratis
https://youtu.be/bZ5oPoTXDrA
DARwIn OP Robot Skating
Published on Sep 29, 2015
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Summer 2011 - Summer project which involved creating custom roller skates for the humanoid robot DARwIn Op and modifying the robot's walking gait to allow it to skate.
https://youtu.be/Gt7disgiTHE
DARwIn-OP 2.0 Unboxing
Published on Jan 7, 2015
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A big box from South Korea arrived in our lab today containing a second-generation DARwIn-OP humanoid robot we're beta-testing for the manufacturer. Over the next two weeks we'll be testing out the robot and seeing what it can do compared to the original Darwins.