Human Emulation

[RobotServicesGroup]

We have started a new project at RobotServicesGroup.com that we are calling Human Emulation. We want to determine how closely robot motions mimic human motions. We have standardized the testing of robot motions for comparisons against humans, and other robots. In our first test, we examine the forward walking motion of a Robonova-1, without any gyros, and a vinyl tile floor. We have also tested how long it takes to turn 180 degrees. Future tests could include; adding gyros, testing other robots, and testing on different floor surfaces.

Please check out the results at http://www.RobotServicesGroup.com/Emulation1.html

[RobotServicesGroup]

We have continued the work on our Human Emulation project by testing an I-Sobot.
We subjected the I-Sobot to all of the same tests we did on the Robonova-1 to see which robot does a better job of mimicing Human Motions.

Which one do you think will do better?
The $300 I-Sobot or the $1,000 Robonova-1?
The results may surprise you.

You can find all the details at http://www.robotservicesgroup.com/Emulation1.html

Don't forget, you can take either one of these robots for a test drive and check out the walking and turning motions for yourself.
Sign up today for your FREE Robot Test Drive at http://www.robotservicesgroup.com/TestDrive.html

[RobotServicesGroup]

Robots-Dreams.com has a video of a Manoi AT01 which moves at blazing speeds. The robot is able to cover a distance equal to 3 body lengths in roughly 5 seconds, taking about 20 steps, with very little variance from side-to-side. This blows away the performance we saw from the Robonova-1 and the I-Sobot we tested. In fact, the robot is so fast, it is almost equivalent to Human speed! Check out this video:

http://www.robots-dreams.com/2008/03/dr-giy-out-to-s.html

Unfortunately, it took the expertise of Dr. GIY and some upgraded servos to get this performance. The bright side is that near Human performance is possible! We only hope that this kind of fluid movement will come as standard equipment on robots of the future so that those of us who are not as talented as Dr. GIY can enjoy similar results.

[RobotServicesGroup]

We continue our Human Emulation testing by subjecting our KHR-1 to the same forward walking and 180 degree turn tests that we have already performed on the Robonova and I-Sobot. Which robot do you think will be the winner? The cheap robot with continuous motion? The more expensive robot? Since the KHR-1 is the first robot ever produced, more than 4 years old, how can it possibly compete with the newer robots?

Find out all the details on our summary page at http://www.robotservicesgroup.com/Emulation1.html

The individual results for the KHR-1, including videos of each walking test, are available at http://www.robotservicesgroup.com/Emulation5.html.

And analysis of the data for all three robots is at http://www.robotservicesgroup.com/Emulation3.html