Humanoid robots – in pictures
Humanoid robots go diode-to-diode in a disaster response competition during the DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Robotics Challenge finals in Pomona, California
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A humanoid robot named Thor, designed by students from Virginia Tech, at the Darpa Robotics Challenge, Fairplex complex, Pomona, California.
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Walk-Man, developed by the Italian University of Pisa, passes through a door. The Darpa competition sees 24 teams vying to develop a robot capable of responding to natural and man-made disasters.
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A humanoid robot named Valkyrie, designed by Nasa.
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The Carnegie Mellon university Chimp (CMU Highly Intelligent Mobile Platform) robot gets up after falling.
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The 125kg RoboSimian, developed by Jet Propulsion Labs at the California Institute of Technology, climbs out of a Polaris vehicle after driving through obstacles.
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The competition’s eventual winner, DRC-Hubo built by team Kaist (formerly the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) handles a drill.
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A robotics fan embraces the future.
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The Running Man robot, developed by team IHMC Robotics from Florida’s Institute of Human and Machine Cognition.
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The Running Man takes a tumble.
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Robot HRP-2 Kai, developed by team Aist-Nedo from Japan’s National Institute of Industrial Science and Technology.
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Jaxon, developed by team Nedo-JSK from the University of Japan, is carried out on a stretcher after falling.
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The semi-autonomous Escher (Electromechanical Series Compliant Humanoid for Emergency Response) robot, from team Valor of Virginia Tech, walks through the competition’s slalom section.
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Escher falls backwards during its first run.
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Yaretzi Bernal, six, gets a hug from Pepper the ‘social’ robot.
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RoboSimian gets out of a vehicle.
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The University of Hong Kong team works to pick up its robot, Atlas, after it falls during the first stage.
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Carnegie Mellon university’s Chimp robot competes in the Darpa challenge.
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The DRC-Hubo robot from team Kaist of South Korea negotiates some stairs.
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The team NimBro rescue robot tries to clear an obstacle.
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A robot called Florian, developed by the German team ViGIR, malfunctions and falls over during the finals.
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A robot named Meccano watches the action.
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The team Kaist DRC-Hubo robot completes the plug task before winning the finals.
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Team Kaist, led by Professor Jun Ho Oh, celebrate after winning the Darpa Robotics Challenge.
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