DARwIn-OP (Dynamic
Anthropomorphic Robot
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with Intelligence–
Open Platform
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) is a miniature-
humanoid robot
A humanoid robot is a robot resembling the human body in shape. The design may be for functional purposes, such as interacting with human tools and environments, for experimental purposes, such as the study of bipedal locomotion, or for other pu ...
platform developed and manufactured by Korean robot manufacturer
Robotis
The ROBOTIS BIOLOID is a hobbyist and educational robot kit produced by the Korean robot manufacturer ROBOTIS. The BIOLOID platform consists of components and small, modular servomechanisms called the AX-12A Dynamixels, which can be used in a da ...
in collaboration with
Virginia Tech
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,
Purdue University
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, and
University of Pennsylvania
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. It is also supported by a $1.2 million NSF grant.
DARwIn-OP has twenty
degrees of freedom, each controlled by a DYNAMIXEL MX-28T servo motor.
DARwIn-OP's main purpose is for research and programmers in the fields of
humanoid,
artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence—perceiving, synthesizing, and inferring information—demonstrated by machines, as opposed to intelligence displayed by animals and humans. Example tasks in which this is done include speech r ...
,
gait algorithm, vision,
inverse kinematics, and
linguistics
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, among others.
DARwIn-OP is also the winner of the Kid Size League in the
RoboCup 2011 2012 League,
and 2013 League.
See also
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Robotis Bioloid
The ROBOTIS BIOLOID is a hobbyist and educational robot kit produced by the Korean robot manufacturer ROBOTIS. The BIOLOID platform consists of components and small, modular servomechanisms called the AX-12A Dynamixels, which can be used in a d ...
References
External links
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GitHub
{{Purdue University
Robotics at ROBOTIS
Virginia Tech
Purdue University
University of Pennsylvania
Bipedal humanoid robots
2000s robots
Soccer robots