Ghost Robotics' Minitaur Quadruped Conquers Stairs, Doors, Fences

Re:Ghost Robotics' Minitaur Quadruped Conquers Stairs, Doors... by eggy on Tuesday September 20, 2016 @12:45AM (#12537131)

The door opening and fence climbing sequence were impressive. Did onboard video, CV and CPU result in being able to do the acrobatics trajectory to hit the door handle, or was it human operator driven?

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Re:Ghost Robotics' Minitaur Quadruped Conquers Stairs, Doors... by sohkamyung on Tuesday September 20, 2016 @01:16AM (#12537239)

I believe it was all onboard, not human operator driven. In the article, Kenneally describes how the robot opens the door and says this: Once it perceives contact with the door knob, it retracts the leg, moves it over a little bit, and then extends it, and that actually all happens within 50 milliseconds, so it’s incredibly fast.

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Re:Ghost Robotics' Minitaur Quadruped Conquers Stairs, Doors... by eggy on Tuesday September 20, 2016 @02:30AM (#12537554)

Thanks! I'll give it a closer read later. Impressive in any case.

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