Tag: humanoid robot

  • Mantis, The World’s Largest Hexapod Robot (Video)

    Mantis, The World’s Largest Hexapod Robot (Video)

    Micromagic Systems has developed a fully functional, world’s largest hexapod robot:  Mantis . It weighs nearly 2 tons with a height of 2.8 meters. It is powered by a 2.2-litre turbocharged Perkins  diesel engine. To control the complex movements of the robot a large number of sensors like force sensor, angle sensor, and inclinometer etc are required. These sensors give their measurements to…

  • Robot PETMAN Walks Like Humans Wearing Human Clothes (Video)

    Robot PETMAN Walks Like Humans Wearing Human Clothes (Video)

    The American company Boston Dynamics has been building the PETMAN (Protection Ensemble Test Mannequin) for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for last many years. Previously, we have been seeing the videos of  headless PETMAN Robot trying to imitate humans in the jobs like doing push-ups, walking, squatting,  climbing stairs, stretching and self balancing when…