COMAN: Researchers build first fully-limbed passive compliant robot (w/ video)

Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - 07:00 in Mathematics & Economics

(Phys.org) —Researchers at the Italian Institute of Technology with funding from the European AMARSI project have built the first passive compliant robot that features both arms and legs. Passive compliant robots are those that have flexible joints that allow the robot to move in more human-like ways. The new robot, called the COmpliant huMANoid (COMAN), is approximately the size of a child and is able to maintain its upright position even when knocked around.

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