Developer - Disney Research
Team:
Seungmoon Song
Joohyung Kim
Katsu Yamane
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Developer - Disney Research
Team:
Seungmoon Song
Joohyung Kim
Katsu Yamane
https://youtu.be/6aqlosnp8nE
Development of a bipedal robot that walks like an animation character
Published on May 26, 2015
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Our goal is to bring animation characters to life in the real world. We present a bipedal robot that looks like and walks like an animation character. We start from animation data of a character walking. We develop a bipedal robot which corresponds to lower part of the character following its kinematic structure. The links are 3D printed and the joints are actuated by servo motors. Using trajectory optimization, we generate an open-loop walking trajectory that mimics the character’s walking motion by modifying the motion such that the Zero Moment Point stays in the contact convex hull. The walking is tested on the developed hardware system.
https://youtu.be/NRRv1-suASA
Disney Is Creating Walking Robots To Roam The Parks
Published on Jun 15, 2015
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Disney Research has a new idea-- bipedal, autonomous robots to walk around Disneyland and other theme parks, greeting guests and not falling down. Is such a feat possible? Can anyone create a robot that can walk and act on its own without crashing or scaring guests?
Kim Horcher discusses with Visual Effects Wizard and Battlebots judge, Fon Davis!
https://youtu.be/mtTPDH5BC_Q
This puffy robotic arm looks like Baymax
Published on May 1, 2018
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Disney Research has built a soft robotic arm that looks like it could easily belong to a real-life Baymax, if the movie "Big Hero 6" was about to come to life.
https://youtu.be/Kdto7qkE3A8
Design and fabrication of a bipedal robot using serial-parallel hybrid leg mechanism
Published on Sep 28, 2018
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In this paper, we present the design and performance evaluation of a bipedal robot that utilizes the Hybrid Leg mechanism. It is a leg mechanism that achieves 6 DOF with a combined structure of serial and parallel mechanism. It is designed to have a light structural inertia and large workspace for agile bipedal locomotion. A new version of Hybrid Leg is fabricated with carbon fiber tubes and bearings to improve its structural rigidity and accuracy while supporting its weight. A pair of Hybrid Legs is assembled together for bipedal locomotion. In the assembly, we adopt a pelvis structure with an yaw angle offset to enlarge the feet workspace, inspired by the toe-out angle of the human feet. The workspace and range of velocity are presented in simulation and verified with hardware experiments. We also demonstrate a simple forward walking motion with the developed robot.