Robotic Mountaineer Inches its Way to Victory

Marko Wickrath, a student at the Technical University in Dortmund (Germany), a robocup soccer referee, and RoboGames competitor, has programmed the Bioloid robot kit to scale a wall.  The robot visually examines holding grips placed randomly on a pegboard and determines the best path to the top, which it memorizes.  For the time being the camera is separate and a person must place the robot at its chosen starting position, but eventually the task will be handled autonomously by the robot from start to finish.  I’ve seen hexapods climb wire meshes and some pretty funky stuff from the ROBO-ONE tournaments, but this is the first time I’ve seen a humanoid do anything like this (though I doubt it’ll be scaling the Grand Canyon anytime soon).

Video:

[source: Dortmund Droids (DE)] via [Suicide Bots]

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4 Responses to “Robotic Mountaineer Inches its Way to Victory”

1. Rock Climbing Robot | botropolis.com on January 19th, 2010 at 21:00

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2. Robotik bei botzeit on January 20th, 2010 at 09:21

   Humanoider Roboter aus Dortmund klettert…

   Der humanoide Roboter Bioloid der TU Dortmund klettert wie seine menschlichen Vorbilder eine Kletterwand mit Griffen hoch. Er findet dafür selbständig kamerabasiert die Griffe und den richtigen Pfad die Wand hinauf….

3. Robots escaladores y algunas de sus técnicas | Noticortos.com on January 21st, 2010 at 21:17

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4. Un robot que puede escalar paredes | Gizmologia on January 22nd, 2010 at 07:18

   [...] me siguen sorprendiendo cada vez más. Esta vez no te hará la cena ni limpiará tu casa, pero sí podrá escalar una pared. Se trata de la creación de Marko Wickrath, un estudiante de la Universidad Técnica de Dortmund [...]