At the Hannover Messe 2010 the humanoid robot Lola was presented to the public. Lightweight design, modern drive technology, a powerful sensor system, microelectronics and a dynamic walking control system enable stable biped locomotion. Two high-resolution cameras and an advanced image processing system give Lola the ability to navigate autonomously in an
unknown environment. The robot has been developed at the Institute of Applied Mechanics (AM) at the Technische Universitat Munchen.
At the Hannover Messe 2010, Lola is equipped with a vision system developed by the Institute for Autonomous Systems Technology (TAS) at the University of the Federal Armed Forces.
The combination of vision system, mechatronics and control system gives the robot a high degree of autonomy.
Lola was designed as an improved version of the humanoid robot Johnnie which was also developed at AM and presented to the public in 2001. Lola is 180 cm tall and weighs approximately 60 kg. As with Johnnie, Lola's proportions are derived from human anatomy.
For the robot's development, a wide range of new ideas and technologies was realized. Additional actuated joints in toes, pelvis and arms are key to more stable, versatile and human-like walking. A hierarchical control system
gives Lola the ability to walk in arbitrary directions like e.g. walking sideways to pass narrow points.
The robot visually perceives its environment through two high-resolution video cameras each with 5 megapixels. The incoming image is partitioned into areas of dierent importance. The less interesting areas are only examined roughly while special attention is drawn to the crucial areas. That way, expensive calculations are only carried out in areas in which new information is needed. This new method of attention based object recognition allows for a detailed analysis of the observed objects while at the same time reducing computing time.
At the Hannover Messe 2010, Lola navigates in an environment containing objects of every day use. The object layout can be varied by spectators and is therefore not known to the robot beforehand. In this scenario Lola will autonomously complete certain predened tasks.
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