Golem Krang (Patent Pending) |
What would humans be like if nature invented the wheel?
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Golem Krang is a new humanoid robot designed and built by the Humanoid Robotics Lab at Georgia Tech in collaboration with Schunk Inc. The robot dynamically transforms from a .5 meter static to a 1.5 meter dynamic configuration. Our robot development has led to two advances in the design of platforms for mobility and manipulation: (1) A robot base that autonomously stands from horizontal rest and dynamic limbo! (2) A humanoid torso that adds a waist roll joint to replicate human torso folding a yaw joint for spine rotation and anthropomorphic arms. The mobile torso also achieves autonomous standing in a constrained space while lifting its 50kg arms - over 100 pounds!
The paper below describes our development including number of design factors such as Krang's suitability for human environments, mechanical simplicity and the ability to store potential and kinetic energy for handling heavy human and even super-human tasks. Most recently, the robot has gained knowledge of its own kinematics, dynamics and can fully move its arm and torso while maintaining balance and performing dynamic feats in physical human interaction and environment manipulation. More information about Golem Krang and research in robot intelligence: [Movies] [Projects] [Publications] M. Stilman, J. Olson, W. Gloss. Golem Krang: Dynamically Stable Humanoid Robot for Mobile Manipulation [PDF]. International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA’10), 2010. |
 Earlier Movies of Golem Krang |
