Robots · Humanoid
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A research and demonstration humanoid showcasing dynamic whole-body mobility and manipulation.
- Maker
- Boston Dynamics
- Country
- United States
- Category
- Humanoid
- Status
- Active research platform
- Mobility
- Bipedal walking, running, jumping; dynamic whole-body motion
- Autonomy
- Semi-autonomous (task demos, often scripted or supervised)
- Actuators
- Electric actuators (the current generation moved from hydraulic to electric)
- Onboard compute
- Onboard compute for perception and control
- AI models
- Model-predictive and learned controllers for dynamic motion; perception models for object handling
- Perception
- 3D perception for terrain and object localization
- Control
- Real-time whole-body model-predictive control
Sensors
Stereo and depth camerasLiDARIMUJoint encoders
Use cases
- R&D platform
- Dynamic mobility research
- Manipulation demos
Limitations
- Primarily a research/demo platform, not a mass product
- Battery life and cost limit continuous real-world use