by PedroR » Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:12 pm
by PedroR
Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:12 pm
Hi all
We got the Brochure for Titan which I have uploaded here
http://robosavvy.com/RoboSavvyPages/Rob ... _TITAN.pdf
Robobuilder RQ TITAN Humanoid Robot by
RoboSavvy, on Flickr
I was reviewing the details we've received and they're very similar to what l3v3rz published.
I would just like to add a note about the price which should set (for the western market) in $20k (not more, not less).
It will come as a kit - not pre assembled like DARwIn - and is supposed to include a more powerful embedded PC than DARwIn (2Gb RAM, a faster Atom) and should run Windows with a C SDK (much like DARwIn).
The library is still under development and we've seen some preliminary videos (and we can definitely confirm it is
under development)
We're not authorized to disclose the video at this point but it becomes clear that as you increase size on these Robots a number of complexities appear:
The Titan can be 86 cm or 1m tall which means the:
- feet servos and joints are holding a Significant amount of weight
- any backlash (as tiny as it may be) is propagated over a 1m structure and amplified at the top of the structure
This creates quite a challenge, especially when using servos with this technology (DC Motor + Gear set + Electronic Controller).
There are some interesting particularities about this robot though:
1) The mix and match of RS 485 and TTL servos.
2) The hand/fingers (see the Options available on the brochure): they use really small servos to articulate the fingers individually.
They only have 3 fingers but interestingly enough although the human hand has much more DoF our brain and physiology doesn't allow us to control each of our "joints individually.
For example it's hard for us to relax 4 fingers and move just one of them up and down at "full torque" let's say (the exception is our thumb).
On the servo front the news are much more interesting. I will be creating a separate thread to announce these as we're planning to start stocking them.
Regards
Pedro.
Hi all
We got the Brochure for Titan which I have uploaded here
http://robosavvy.com/RoboSavvyPages/Rob ... _TITAN.pdf
Robobuilder RQ TITAN Humanoid Robot by
RoboSavvy, on Flickr
I was reviewing the details we've received and they're very similar to what l3v3rz published.
I would just like to add a note about the price which should set (for the western market) in $20k (not more, not less).
It will come as a kit - not pre assembled like DARwIn - and is supposed to include a more powerful embedded PC than DARwIn (2Gb RAM, a faster Atom) and should run Windows with a C SDK (much like DARwIn).
The library is still under development and we've seen some preliminary videos (and we can definitely confirm it is
under development)
We're not authorized to disclose the video at this point but it becomes clear that as you increase size on these Robots a number of complexities appear:
The Titan can be 86 cm or 1m tall which means the:
- feet servos and joints are holding a Significant amount of weight
- any backlash (as tiny as it may be) is propagated over a 1m structure and amplified at the top of the structure
This creates quite a challenge, especially when using servos with this technology (DC Motor + Gear set + Electronic Controller).
There are some interesting particularities about this robot though:
1) The mix and match of RS 485 and TTL servos.
2) The hand/fingers (see the Options available on the brochure): they use really small servos to articulate the fingers individually.
They only have 3 fingers but interestingly enough although the human hand has much more DoF our brain and physiology doesn't allow us to control each of our "joints individually.
For example it's hard for us to relax 4 fingers and move just one of them up and down at "full torque" let's say (the exception is our thumb).
On the servo front the news are much more interesting. I will be creating a separate thread to announce these as we're planning to start stocking them.
Regards
Pedro.