Excellent! Much behind-the-scenes work to make it move so smoothly and keep its balance the whole time, without jerky recoveries and software glitches. A face would make it quite impressive.

@cambo125 This demo was a simple one setup for tours viewing Sarcos during National Robotics Week. Sarcos can do more, but this is what we got to see that day. Stay tuned for leg movement and more.

It's fascinating to see the incremental changes that robotics is going through.It's a steady progression that is showing some amazing potential.I can't imagine where they'll be in 10 25 50 and 100 years out.

One of the major challenges for such robots to overcome is with their ability to reliably grip various objects and manipulate them properly. Like door handles or when trying to lift or drag a soft object using just enough force to complete the action without damaging it by squeezing too hard. One way I can think of that might help to overcome this problem would be to use rubberized tracks overtop of analog 'buttons' that measures force used to maintain a grip on the object by whether or not the track is moving when it attempts to lift or otherwise move the object. If the track moves it increases the gripping force till the object can be moved without the track also moving which would indicate to the robot the difference between dropping the object or successfully doing so. by using a number of these tracks placed in various points on the grabber or hand at different orientations it would tell the robot how much of the object it has engagement with, which finger(s) need to increase force, if it needs to change its grip and how best to move the object in order to complete the task. I may not have described how I see it functioning totally accurately or how best to build what I'm thinking of, but hopefully it is good enough to be understood.

Can we get updates on this? Would love to see more; its amazing.

Impressive how well it is able to balance itself even when its swinging it's arms around. We've come a long way in the last ten years or so.

I will answer your question with a question. Both questions have the same answer. Why does a baby human not begin doing work for the society the day he/she is born, or even within the first few years?

Wow! It moves quite fluidly...

the resemblance to SARCOzy is truly uncanny! Even the wild and wobbly gesticulation appear spot on.

1:53 Anyone else find that comment a bit unsettling? Considering how far we've come with these robots and how fast we've done it it's not that unrealistic to think it could happen soon.

awesome stuff

Holy crap. That is so awesome!

Wow, motion is incredibly fluid and quiet, hydraulics are the way to go

That is such a cool robot amazing motion so smooth and fluid.

Você é um gênio parabéns!

Great vid and great work he is doing. This seems to be the most humanoid reacting bot I have seen to date. I think in ten years with components getting smaller, lighter, stronger where this type of advancement will be. For all the would be doomsters who say this is the start of "Terminator" I would say "change" happens because it is a part of nature so we must embrace it and care for it like a new born baby. Like it or not, we must evolve and responsibility starts with oneself.

wow awsome work bro

Is that a reference of Simon Funk's After Life reference of Short Circuit?

can u comment links where i could see info about humanoid robot technology??

Does this robot have any form of grip, as in grabbing something with different dimensions without it knowing what they are beforehand? A family member of mine worked in that field, and I was wondering if you all have done that yet. Thanks!

Essa robotica, vai ter grandes avanços ainda

hello. is this related to the DARPA sarcos exoskeleton?

That f***ing awesome..good job man.

Nice fluid movement, I would like to see it walking but I would guess that without toes and/or a bigger foot print it would not be that stable. How much power does it use for the compressor, for my robot I have used servos that I can switch off when not in use, similarly I would imagine a power hungry compressor only runs to top up the pressure rather than running continuously. and I would be interested to see how the two different approaches compare. Good Work !

How many man-hours and funding has been put behind this project? Just wondering also if the motors and parts were custom-made in-house, custom-made by order, maybe 3d printed, or much was available in the marketplace? Thanks for the cool vid.

Movement looks a lot smoother than other robots I've seen.

That's the smoothest moving robot I've ever seen,

Amazing moves

Wow, that is pretty awesome! Well done... Almost too well done.

You think Benhamin's thinking just how complex and amazing humans are.

did you take the balance software algorthims from DARPA's 'Big Dog' ???

having myotonia congenita,one of the problems with the disease in we cannot recover from a light push,we fall down.In the future,gene repair,replacement may be capable,but just as well is a computer that dampens or corrects the misfires of the muscles,allowing us to recover ,react like a normal human,when were pushed,bump into something,trip etc.

fantastic

It resembles "Hector" from the movie Saturn 3, starring Kirk Douglas. But a smaller version of it (or should I say "him" considering Hector's passion for Farah Fawcett).

Oh man, he kept pushing it, and I kept thinking "It will remember you. One day it will find you and your family." Benjamin Stephens, make peace with the robot while you can.

What will it be used for??

Superb fine robot !!!

"Noooo, i'm NOT about to shoot you with this gun." BAM

best robot ive seen so far

He'll be working for a [currently] startup company called "Cyberdine Systems" in a couple years.

You're in there dude!! Its obviously doing its mating call to you lol

So as long as you keep a good pair of bolt cutters handy, you have nothing to fear.

cool can i embed this on my blog?

es el robot con movimientos mas naturales que he visto.

Oh my God! It's alive!!!!

all the tired old terminator jokes aside that's some pretty amazing workmanship and design

I go to central catholic(sophomore) in Pittsburgh and love robotics ever since I was little and would love to go to this school but my grades are not the best my average right now is a 3.5 any tips to help bring up my changes of getting in?

doin the robot like a BEAST!!!!

WHEN can I buy one?

Looks like the robots gesture is "once I get off this harness, give me a push then buddy"

I think the disembodied eyeballs are a nice touch but could be improved with the use of black clad body armour while wielding a fully functional Dr Grordbort infallible aether oscillator. In all seriousness though good luck with your robot project (and I do not in anyway recommend equipping your robot with ray-guns!)

@AV3NG3R00 How about Asimo ? It's really awesome.

I want to learn more about robotics

He is now one step closer to building C3PO.

impressive how quite the now 10 year old hydraulics are on it

this is so cool. he's just introducing his work. but to me it's like: 'hi. you know. im just a 5th year student....MAKING A ROBOT!' seriously. thats cool

We have the same in France, even more human-like. It's called the Sarko

sarcos is awesome!

pretty kool robot...

Now all we need is Stark's mini Reactor.

yes but dose it blend

i think electrical actuators are faster but with hydraulic you get a lot more force. to get decent force with electrical actuartors they have to have motors with high rpm and great gear ratios, like a drill, and they end up being just as slow as these to get the same amount of force.

The definition of a robot IS a machine that can be programmed to do tasks. Look at current day industrial robots.

let me know when someone uploads a video of one of these robots man handling a human.

Press X, X double left square right trigger down square square to preform combo moves

I think balancing that is "unnecessarily" compliant just reduces positioning accuracy. If the ZMP is not at the edge of the support polygon then the robot should be able to reject the upper body disturbance without moving. I did something like that in watch?v=Xq3k3YAYOeU but its hard to see without the ZMP data. I'll make a better video in the future.

SARCOS SAYS: oh yes let him talk, I will DANCE BABY!

Go NU! I'm an ME at Northwestern; I hope this is me in 8 years!

Destroyers of the world these people

Also known as the first terminator model ever the "T-1" :D

I know of habitable ones but it will take you at least a few hundred thousand years at the speed of light to get to one.

When he said "its not just a rigid robot..... its actually kind of ...alive" i was like :O ....

And so it begins...

cool … but if you get close to it and caught in its arms or legs is it strong enough to kill you ?

I can't stop looking at those gigantic eyeballs!

AWESOME ! ! ! Just awesome!!! did u ever think about building artificial spare parts for human??? i think alot about attaching electronics directly to the human like rebuilding legs or arms maybe eyes... and i saw one guy suceeded installing wireless chip in his arm to make robotic arm do the same.. also you made software from 3d moution capture to robotic movement Good JOb WD

Imagine the person being motion captured, acidentally slipping on its back

@neoslover I'd say the American firm Boston Dynamics is currently at the forefront of humanoid robotics, despite many Japanese attempts over the years. I love Japan, so much so that I'd go as far as to say I'm disappointed by this fact. I think Japanese technology is amazing, but Boston Dynamics is going beyond anything I've seen out of Japan.

Did anyone feel a little jittery when he went to push Sarcos? I thought for a second that Sarcos would turn and start strangling him O_o Its a shocking revelation when you fully comprehend that the thing you're watching isn't human...

If you made the human robot the exact weight and proportions of the human used for motion capture then it wont need to try and balance since the original dancer already catered for that. I know it wont be easy to match weight and proportions so maybe gyroscopes in strategic places will help. Like one big one just above the hips.

This is exactly how the Cylons got their start....

I want one.

Fanaly a cool and real looking robot.

IT HAS BEGUN.

I like how the robot is run by 2 midi tower pc's on his back LOL

Can't really argue with that bud, I would too!

But will it blend

I eventually want to see Petman and The Sarcos Robot in a buddy cop movie. Petman being all "by the book" and Sarcos being the wild card that plays by his own rules bent on taking down the cyborg ninjas that killed his wife when he got too close to their microchip smuggling ring.

K'nex have come a long way

Do you mean Sky Net from the Terminator movies?

I wonder what if the robot can do anything even stand on his own would the military use computer manned drones for their fights?

but does it blend?

It sounds like the Atlas robot being developed by Boston Dynamics and DARPA.

is that box like thing on the robot's back a computer? i have seen that other robot as well that has the same thing the one that looks like an astronaut lol but cool robot i would have to say ^^

But will it blend?

Teach that sucker a Tai Chi routine. That would be visually impressive as hell.

wow... what a great video to post JUST BEFORE Skynet goes live and becomes self aware O_O... we're totally fkt now

Which planet do you you want to go to?

@bulletproof2353 We're already in big trouble, and the robots that surround you today are far less expensive.

It's actually kindof... alive. That's so creepy its awesome! X-D