What has two arms, two legs and 28 hydraulically actuated joints? - TopicsExpress



          

What has two arms, two legs and 28 hydraulically actuated joints? Its name is ATLAS, and it could be in charge of saving your life someday. The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is always unveiling new gizmos and gadgets, but the latest effort from DARPA is something that seems more out of a sci-fi movie than a science lab. The Defense Department’s experimental unit is looking to see what kind of robot it can develop to someday provide humanitarian aid and disaster relief, and its outsourcing that mission to scientists from the likes of MIT and other prestigious institutions participating in its latest Virtual Robotics Challenge (VRC).
Posted on: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 18:43:02 +0000

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