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Re: Building humanoid similar to Asimo and Qrio

2013-12-12T19:13:20+01:00

I've been invited yesterday to Fox News studio tonight (MONEY with Melissa Francis) with Franky the 3D printed humanoid and Fonzie the twerking robot and to talk about the future of robotics.

http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/2925308335001

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Statistics: Posted by limor — Thu Dec 12, 2013 7:13 pm

Re: Building humanoid similar to Asimo and Qrio

2013-10-25T07:48:25+01:00

Any progress? It's been two months since the last post...

Statistics: Posted by patkangu — Fri Oct 25, 2013 7:48 am

Building humanoid similar to Asimo and Qrio

2013-08-24T05:29:23+01:00

Any Progress ? Any Video of Walking ?

Statistics: Posted by MOHIT JINDAL — Sat Aug 24, 2013 5:29 am

Building humanoid similar to Asimo and Qrio

2013-05-08T23:12:22+01:00

I haven't decided yet if it will be opensource although the goal is definitely to have the end-user print the body.
at this stage there is a lot of work to do to reduce the construction time and implement an Asimo like shell. And we are working on a new kind of control framework to make it easy for users get the robot to run and dance

Statistics: Posted by limor — Wed May 08, 2013 11:12 pm

Building humanoid similar to Asimo and Qrio

2013-05-06T11:55:39+01:00

Very Good
Can someone post the Video from Berlin conference ?
I want to see Franky walking.
When you are going to make the 3D parts OpenSource in .stl ? So that other people can try them. Or the parts are for sale ?

Statistics: Posted by MOHIT JINDAL — Mon May 06, 2013 11:55 am

Building humanoid similar to Asimo and Qrio

2013-04-28T21:50:23+01:00

... just dropped in here coincidentally. I'm speechless! Wow!

Statistics: Posted by barbar — Sun Apr 28, 2013 9:50 pm

Building humanoid similar to Asimo and Qrio

2013-04-28T16:59:25+01:00

Very cool!

Statistics: Posted by Gort — Sun Apr 28, 2013 4:59 pm

Building humanoid similar to Asimo and Qrio

2013-04-28T11:54:33+01:00

It looks great! That joints look wonderful!

Anxiously waiting to watch him walking

Statistics: Posted by siempre.aprendiendo — Sun Apr 28, 2013 11:54 am

Building humanoid similar to Asimo and Qrio

2013-04-28T11:35:38+01:00

After about 9 months of part time work, Franky is born!

I presented him last week at the Next Berlin conference in front of about 600 people. hopefully they will upload the presentation to youtube.

One of key points I discuss in the presentation is that the design of franky's joints and proportions matches those of Asimo. We will design a first shell for Franky that will look a bit like Asimo. Honda spent $150m on their humanoid efforts, so they must know a thing or two about humanoid robot design

Here he is shown with a Makie 3D printable doll sitting on him

He can't quite walk yet. that will be the next challenge.

Statistics: Posted by limor — Sun Apr 28, 2013 11:35 am

Building humanoid similar to Asimo and Qrio

2013-03-29T15:12:55+01:00

We tightened the fishing wire a bit too much. The servo is rated for 12kg pull at 1cm distance from axis. so by creating a permanent pull of over 10kg, it means that any additional external torque will be added to the 10. which means it creates needless excessive side force on the shaft.. it also caused the pulleys to touch (which later burnt the mosfets of the servo) but this is because the 3D printed pulley internal hole radius was too big compared to the metal axis in the knee. conclusion- the clamping and tightning of the wire should be as small as possible while ensuring there is not flex in the cord.

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Statistics: Posted by limor — Fri Mar 29, 2013 3:12 pm

Building humanoid similar to Asimo and Qrio

2013-02-25T21:17:49+01:00

Assembling the pulleys on the X axis of the Universal Joint..

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Statistics: Posted by limor — Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:17 pm

Building humanoid similar to Asimo and Qrio

2013-02-27T11:02:19+01:00

New pulleys look like angry birds/pigs

New foot has a spring loaded toe for better ground traction and human looking walk. It also has a suspension heel for the same reasons and for easier physics simulation. There's a little rubber half-ball at the tip of the heel.

Statistics: Posted by limor — Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:29 pm

Building humanoid similar to Asimo and Qrio

2013-02-24T11:42:24+01:00

Nuno has been working hard to make my design a bit more 3D printable and various bits resized to have bearings and bolts fit in, some curved edges etc.
I've spent hundreds of hours on this project and he is dedicated to make our debut of the robot with a dance at the upcoming Gadget Show Live 2013 in Birmingham (April)

Statistics: Posted by limor — Sun Feb 24, 2013 11:42 am

Building humanoid similar to Asimo and Qrio

2013-01-29T00:32:32+01:00

still updating the models and print testing.
one thing i found today surprizing was that cheap M2 screws get unthreaded. applying too much torque kills them. the solution is to use the more expensive M2 stainless steel

Statistics: Posted by limor — Tue Jan 29, 2013 12:32 am

very nice

2013-01-17T06:16:06+01:00

Looks like you are on your way.

Statistics: Posted by robots.and.androids.dot.c — Thu Jan 17, 2013 6:16 am