[Art]

http://www.wimp.com/disney-robot-with-incredibly-fluid-movement/

Actually quite smooth and well controlled. 

[kei10]

That would be a great motor movement for future robotics! 

[Korrelan]

I could be wrong... but I think that robot is running as an avatar, a human is controlling it.

Still excellent mechanics and fluidity/ smoothness though.

 

[kei10]

Actually you're correct, the robot was controlled by a man with a pair of handles right behind the wall. The pair of handle is just like the two long red stick with a red ball like the robot which is holding.

[Art]

@ Korrelan - Anything from the Top Shelf!! 

And for the great and powerful Oz man behind the curtain:

http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/disney-robot-with-air-water-actuators

[Korrelan]

Ah! I’d honestly not seen the article but I like to think I know my robotics, the actions where just too emotionally expressive and rapid… too ‘Human’.

Using water as a twist on hydraulics is a cool idea, though like oil water is incompressible, so a high pressure leak could still be quite dangerous to someone close by; depends on the running pressures involved I suppose. I certainly wouldn't like to have my hand near the shoulder piston/ actuator if it sprung a leak holding say… a 2kg weight/ load out at full extension.

Still an excellent piece of kit though.

To think some people get paid to play with this stuff… I chose the wrong vocation lol.

 

[Art]

Yeah...unfortunately, some of us were actually born too early.