iRonCub MK3
The intrepid baby -looking robot will be the first humanoid robot to fly.
An Italian Institute of Technology Institute (IIT) researchers made the first successful vertical offset of a humanoid robot – a crucial step towards creating flying robots.
The new robot, called iRonCub MK3It uses four thrusters to reach the vertical impulse – two incorporated into the arms and two into a jetpack mounted on the back.
In the images released last week by IIT, the Baby -faced robot and no expressions It is arrested by a suspensor and then activated, raising flight about 50 centimeters from the floor with its thrusters.
But it is not just in the look. The icub robot also resembles a child in size. Measures 1 meter high and weighs 22 kilograms.
In a study that describes the robot, on June 1 in the arXivIIT engineers claim that this work leaves the humanoid robots closer to flying.
As it writes, the opposite of many other robotic platforms currently under development, which usually focus exclusively on terrestrial locomotion and manipulation, the addition of air mobility can pave the way for assistance in search and rescue missionscrossing collapsed buildings and flooded areas, or other terrain inaccessible to humans.
Combining the flight with the ability to interact with your environment, such a robot could Clean wreckage and help locate and/or rescue victims.
The authors of the study also point out that a flying humanoid robot could make repairs to hard -to -reach structures for humans, such as the bottom of the bridges. They could even be used in hazardous environments where people cannot operate safely, such as a nuclear or chemical escape site.
After successfully demonstrating a launch with a predefined trajectory and precise follow -up, the team now plans to focus their efforts on improving the flight controller to deal with external disturbances that may occur during a real flight scenario, such as wind or other adverse weather conditions.
