Biped Humanoid Robotics

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Biped Humanoid Robotics

• Dr Chris Messom
• IIMS, Massey University

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Biped Robot

• Honda Research
• Asimo
• University Research
• KAIST, Korea
• Waseda, Japan
• MIT, USA

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Robot Soccer-competitive testbed

• RoboCup Humanoid Competition
• FIRA Hurosot Competition

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Commercial Bipeds

• Sony
• QRIO
• Fugitsu
• Sumo bot
• ZMP
• PINO-DX
• Nuvo

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Biped Robot Simulation

• Variety of Open Source and Proprietory Systems
• Simulation Construction Set Yobotics
• Webots Robotic Simulators based on open source
  ODE library

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Biped Simulation Competitions

• Webots
• Biped Judo
• Hurosot Simulation
• Benchmark problems
• Walking
• Weaving through cones
• Avoiding obstacles

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Masseys Contribution

• Robot Soccer Platform
• Intelligent Control Systems

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Genetic Programing

• Matthews GP work
• Robotic Control
• Distributed GP
• Seeding GP
• Davids GP work
• Evolving evolutionary paraters

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AI and affective computing

• Hossein et als
• Intelligent Tutoring Systems
• Affective Computing
• Tonys
• Computer Based Actors
• Live Theatre Performance

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Biped Robot Simulation

• Distributed Biped Robot Simulation
• Simulate multiple robots
• Complex
• Vision Based Biped Robot Simulation
• Intelligent control systems

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Some Links, if you have more time

• http//www.ai.mit.edu/projects/leglab/
• http//www.honda.co.jp/ASIMO/enjoy/gallery/index.h
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• http//www.sony.net/SonyInfo/QRIO/
• http//msnvideo.msn.com/video/default.aspx?prepend
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• http//www.robo-erectus.org/
• http//www.humanoid.rise.waseda.ac.jp/index.html
• http//www.zmp.co.jp/
• http//www.openpino.org/
• http//www.symbio.jst.go.jp/symbio/morph.html