Video of the Day: demonstration centaur robot for rescue operations

The engineers of the Italian Institute of Technology presented an unusual robot has four legs with six degrees of freedom. Besides these, it also has two arms, which can be connected to various types of cranes.

This set of managed limbs fully explains the name of the robot - The Centauro. First and foremost it is designed to perform various rescue operations where a person is too dangerous. It can be as analysis of debris and demining activities.

At the end of each leg robot It has a castor wheel allowing it to accurately and smoothly move on a flat surface. In situations with labored movement, he may well walk or even climb the obstacle.

The height of such a "centaur" is 1.5 meters, and weight - 93 kg. On one charge batteries it can work about 2.5 hours. Managed by the robot operator, but partial autonomy allows it to independently handle the high-level commands and break them into low level.

In the future we plan to use a special exoskeleton for controlling manipulators, pedals motion control and head-mounted display that allows you to broadcast a picture with the camera The Centauro.