[Tyler]

Simon Says, Use Series-Elastic Actuators
     


Travis Deyle from Hizook writes,
These
new robots are pretty phenomenal.  I'm sure they would be of
interest to your readers. He's talking about the latest Meka Robotics T2 humanoid torso, H2
Compliant hands, and S1 Humanoid head. Put them all together and you get
Simon, show in the YouTube video
above. Simon's mouthless head is a bit creepy and definitely timely
given our recent post on the uncanny valley effect.
The 4 DoF hands and
7 DoF arms rely on series elastic actuators that simulate biological
compliance. For more check out Travis's
blog entry which includes lots of exclusive photos, specs, and even
complete data sheets that aren't up on the official Meka website yet.
   

http://robots.net/article/2934.html