soccer robot

Soccer Robot

Scientists have designed a human like robot named NimbRo-OP, with contrasting white

head and black body, which is adept in playing soccer.

"NimbRo-OP" looks almost human. At a

height of 95 centimetres, it is almost the size of a

small child.

Its weight of 6.6 kilograms, clearly less

than that of a child.

It has a total of 20 drive elements that convert computer

commands into mechanical motions.

It has no problems kicking a soccer ball, and it can also get up from a prone position like a human, for

soccer players also sometimes fall down.

This robot is capable of using tools,

climbing stairs, and passing bottlenecks that are too narrow for wheeled or

tracked robots.

Future

Besides, they can also use human facial expressions, gestures and

body language for

communicating.

Hardware Specifications

Height: 95cm

Weight: 6.6kg

20 networked actuators (Robotis Dynamixel)

6 per leg (MX-106)3 per arm (MX-64)2 in the neck (MX-64)

Dual-Core PC (Zotac ZBOX nano XS)

Hardware Specifications

WiFi: IEEE 802.11b/g/n

Wide-angle camera (Logitech C905)

Inertial sensors (in Robotis CM-730 controller)

Battery: Lithium polymer 14.8V, 3.6Ah

Materials: Carbon composite, aluminum, ABSplus

Software:

The robot PC can run Linux or Windows.

This software supports ball perception, walking, kicking, and getting-up motions.

Robots' soccer skills still inferior to those of humans

Soccer-robots have to perceive environmental

conditions, detect the goal posts, opponents and

obstacles, and make and implement decisions involving their team

members.

Robots' soccer skills still inferior to those of humans

There is still much to do to solve all the

problems out on the pitch.

The robot's source code and design are open source

The design simple to allow other working groups to also use this robot as a basis for

their work, modify and repair it.

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