Futaba Android Walker is Sickened By Your Weakness
October 28th, 2006 by SBFutaba is coming out with a new android walker that really has that whole “walking” thing down:
From Robot Magazine:
Futaba reps noted it carries 11 high-torque servos and 9 lightweight servos, and it can be operated in at least two modes. One accesses canned programs and one enables motion editing using a PC. Demonstrations were performed using a game controller that communicated wirelessly.
Sweet! We here at Suicidebots did unspeakable things to a set of Hi-Tec Robonovas involving a couple of Xbees and some Playstation controllers. We’re thrilled to hear about this elegant solution, mostly becaise it means no more late nights in the office with Mr. Robotics, swearing gently and consuming mass quantities of Redbull.
It’s not available for consumption yet, but it’s promised that it’ll roll out in the next few months. This gorgeous object will allegedly retail for $1,200, which is the best price since Hi-Tec’s Robonova-1.
[Thanks Robot Magazine, and Lem!]
