Bioloid, An Autonomous Climbing Robot

January 28, 2010

If you think this is another kid's toy robot, think again and watch the videos below to see how a student assembled this kind of robot that accurately finds its way to climb up a freely configurable wall.

This one is a bioloid. A Bioloid is a very powerful system from Robotis. It is basically an educational robot with many advanced features added to the newer models. The Bioloid comes in a package of powerful GUI-based software along with a very advanced hardware system and servos.

The kit is user-friendly and can be used to develop different types of robots like a humanoid biped, multi- legged robots, a wheeled robot, quadruped puppy robot, spider robot, dinosaur robot all are products of this simple kit. Since it is an open source platform research related activities can be done here.

And the coolest part is, this climbing bioloid is the project of student, robosoccer referee and RoboGames contestant Marko Wickrath, in association with the Technical University of Dortmund, Germany & University of Manitoba, Canada.

Click here to read more about Bioloid, Autonomous Robot Kit

Written by: John

Filed Under: Robotics, Servos

Tags: Advanced Features, Autonomous Robot, Based Software, Bioloid, Biped, Dortmund Germany, Educational Robot, Germany University, Hardware System, Legged Robots, Open Source Platform, Powerful System, Robot Kit, Robot Spider, Robotis, Spider Robot, Toy Robot, University Of Dortmund, University Of Manitoba, University Of Manitoba Canada, Wheeled Robot

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Comments

Cassie

January 28, 2010 at 11:31 pm

Awesome robot!
Lori F.

January 28, 2010 at 11:58 pm

I agree with Cassie. This is soooo cool! It does, and can be, so many different things. User friendly, too? Man, just doesn’t get any better than this!
breyer1

January 28, 2010 at 11:58 pm

The technology today just amazes me! In the 80’s I worked with a girl who’s husband was working with professors on a basic walking robot at Ohio State University. The months of hard work they put into just the basics then, and the finished product compared to this robot shown here shows how much we’ve advanced in really such a short time.

Thanks so much for this, and the videos, they’re just amazing.

Breyer1
Indu

January 29, 2010 at 1:16 am

Wow.. What a robot!!! Its simply amazing..
Jennifer

January 29, 2010 at 2:59 am

Amazing! I’m just thinking when I was young and got a robot for Christmas. All it could do was go back and forth. I think it’s name was Robbie Jr. He also came with a tray that you could put drinks on. Yeah….that didn’t work out so well. Amazing!
Srikanth

January 29, 2010 at 5:33 am

I have not seen a robot like this before. Really very great. BRAVO!!!