Humanoid Robot KHR-1 SDK Released 98
ls129 writes "KHR-1, the Japanese Robo-One humanoid robot kit from Kondo (previously mentioned here), is finally open for creative software development. The first unofficial implementation of the PC-controller API has just been posted. Using the SDK, the 17 servos that give the robot its mobility can be remote controlled by the PC via WiFi or bluetooth, and their current position can be retrieved several times per second. This unique feature will allow robot fans to go beyond simple performance of motion sequences or low-level gyro-based motion correction and develop algorithms that involve feedback control and AI." Update: 04/05 16:59 GMT by T : As originally posted, I erroneously changed the robot's nationality from Japanese to Korean; that was a boo-boo; the linked site with an English translation is Korean, but the robot itself is Japanese. Apologies to the submitter, who had it right.
Re:The 18th service (Score:2, Funny)
Re:The 18th service (Score:4, Informative)
Stand by (Score:3, Funny)
Thank you. This was just a drill. You may now resume to your regular work.
Re:Stand by (Score:2, Funny)
Ahh but you missed the arcade classic (Score:1)
Bezerk. Early 80s
3... 2... 1... (Score:1, Redundant)
no, really- check out the news clips (Score:2)
Did you notice the TV screengrab in the bottom left corner on the page about the robot itself? The P-n-P next to the woman looks very much like the HKR-1 holding a long gun to someone's head. Sounds like they're already here!
Re:Stand by (Score:2)
Chobits (Score:2, Funny)
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Re:Chobits (Score:1)
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hmmm..... (Score:5, Funny)
So can this feature be combined with a previously posted Slashdot story? Can users use bluetooth to make the robot approach a nice young woman in a train station and ask if they're "Toothing?"
Re:But is it tall enough? (Score:2)
the most important question (Score:2, Funny)
Re:the most important question (Score:2)
WiMAX (Score:1, Funny)
I know I would enjoy sending my robot out around town with a video camera and two way voice communications allowing me to talk through it to people and respond and everything
Re:WiMAX (Score:5, Funny)
Wait, you mean we don't have to leave the basement anymore?
Is it legal for these things to sign credit card reciepts, drive etc.?
North Korea built one last year. (Score:1, Funny)
AI, OK, but how much? (Score:3, Insightful)
Define perversion (Score:2)
If you do something I don't do, you are perverted.
If you do something I do, you are normal.
Since most people measure themselves with their own yardstick, most people are normal.
It's the rest of the world that's sick.
Re:Define perversion (Score:1)
Re:AI, OK, but how much? (Score:2)
I loved that show...
Re:AI, OK, but how much? (Score:2)
When can we start up KidNappster? I want my LiuBot!
Re:AI, OK, but how much? (Score:2)
Re:AI, OK, but how much? (Score:1)
Hang on, AI? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Hang on, AI? (Score:3, Insightful)
Hopefully in the future suitable devices will shrink down to a level that they ca
Re:Hang on, AI? (Score:2, Interesting)
The AI-enabling feature is the position feedback that you can get from the servos. In order to create AI you need a feedback loop involving getting sensor data and updating servo positions repeatedly.
Normal RC-servos were designed to be embedded in a RC-car or RC-plane and controled by a human. In this case the feedback loop is acheived by the human seeing what the car is doing and updating the direction with his joystick.
For an autonomous robot t
Available for sale to the US? (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Available for sale to the US? (Score:3, Insightful)
At least, this Korean robot [wowrobot.co.kr] isn't on the cheap side
Re:Available for sale to the US? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Available for sale to the US? (Score:3, Informative)
Prior art ;-] (Score:2)
Anyone else think of the Quasar [inetnebr.com] robot?
Yes... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Amazing (Score:3, Interesting)
try to google : feedback control robot
for example: .htm [mundobot.com]
http://mundobot.com/projects/melanie/v3/enmelanie3
http://www.ynl.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~fabio/bipedloc.htm [u-tokyo.ac.jp]
Sony Quorio, Honda Asimo etc.
Re:Amazing (Score:1)
My favorite part (Score:2)
"You can be writing a comment if you be sign-in."
Robotics they can do. Engrish [robo-one.or.kr] is just a bonus, while you're waiting for the robot pictures to download ..
Are the electronics scalable? (Score:2)
Are these things scalable? Can I use the same electronics with larger, more powerful servos? And, if not, how far do I have to deconstruct the things to get to the core logic.
See, the way I figure it this could be a way to build an ALIENS-style loader, or a Gundam...or in the case of the picoboard maybe some kind of helicopter.
Just an idea.
AI Has Been Solved (Score:1, Informative)
The news [advogato.org] has recently been announced -- just in time for the emergence of AI-ready robots -- that the sideways integration of sensory input with a conceptual mindgrid is the solution to artificial intelligence.
The solution to AI qua problem -- qua grand challenge to humanity -- exists at first in theory [sourceforge.net] only.
The Association for Computing Machinery has reported in ACM Sigplan Notices 33(12):25-31 [acm.org] (1998) and in ACM Sigplan Notices 39(12):11-16 [acm.org] (2004) on progress in implementing the AI solution as open-so
Re:AI Has Been Solved (Score:1)
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Just another toy... (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Just another toy... (Score:1)
What makes this robot unique is the use of the Kondo ICS-KRS series of servo motors that provide feedback not just PWM-based position control. Many hobby roboteers would be glad to learn about dozens of servos on the market that give you position feedback without having to hack the heck out of the servos and possibly insert a tiny15 [atmel.com] into the gearbox in order to get some position feedback.
There are a couple of Korean companies that make servo
Re:Just another toy... (Score:1)
Re:Just another toy... (Score:1)
Let me know what batteries I can use so I can still use the robot later even after the batteries die. I don't want these Nicads which destroy the robot after 25 minutes.
Re:Just another toy... (Score:1)
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Re:Just another toy... (Score:1)
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Re:Just another toy... (Score:1)
That sounds harder than telling the difference between a weed and a flower. Similar comparison though.
17 Servos: Too Many? (Score:2)
Re:17 Servos: Too Many? (Score:4, Interesting)
When I saw this I'd just finished reading an article [sciencemag.org] in Science (18 Feb 05) entitled
Efficient Bipedal Robots Based on Passive-Dynamic Walkers (subscription required). Contrary to the "mainstream" approach of actuating every joint with a complex control system, the authors describe three robots that achieve very natural human-like gaits using far fewer actuators and much simpler control principles (one of them using adaptive learning). Not only are these robots far simpler to control, but they typically require only about a tenth of the energy of designs that attempt to actuate every joint (e.g., knees). I'll speculate that this passive/dynamic approach is going to dominate in the future.
Re:17 Servos: Too Many? (Score:2)
Look out VINCENT, Max is back! (Score:2)
VINCENT and "Bob"'s days are numbered!
Re:Look out VINCENT, Max is back! (Score:2)
Feedback claims dubious (Score:2, Insightful)
I'm working on a project that sort of does what this is claiming to do by providing this feedback by way of current sensing.
http://satiety.com/robot [satiety.com]
Re:Feedback claims dubious (Score:1)
Check out the PDF called "ICS Servo Special Protocol" here: http://robosavvy.com/Support/2 [robosavvy.com]
This will be validated experimentally soon.
I know someone who has done a similar project developing interesting gaits that utilize current AND position feedback form the servos. http://www.mundobot.com/projects/melanie/v2/enmela nie2.htm [mundobot.com]
Re:Feedback claims dubious (Score:1)
Re:Feedback claims dubious (Score:2)
Re:Feedback claims dubious (Score:2)
How small do the digital servos get?
Oh no... (Score:2)
Re:Oh no... (Score:2)
Compatibility (Score:2)
Use this library at your own risk. There is no guarantee this software would work at all in your system or your robot. Your robot might be damaged.