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Undergraduate Students Control Humanoid Robot and Show hardware Creation

Bridget Owens uses the CARL web framework designed by our laboratory to conduct experiments using humanoid robots. CARL allows not only to control humanoid robots but also collect data for motion analysis. Former undergraduate student Travis Llado has created and

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Three Valkyries and an MRV, and 20 years of NASA JSC ER4 history (Courtesy of NASA JSC)

Congratulations to NASA JSC for this great accomplishment. I am very happy to see the Valkyrie humanoids flourishing. I am also very proud of my lab to have helped design and build the actuators for this robot.  

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History Channel’s Appearance of The Human Center Robotics Lab

Our research and some futurology are showcased in History Channel’s Ancient Aliens series.

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Oral Presentation at Dynamic Walking

Is your summer vacation a little dull? Watch our recent talk to inspire your curiosity 😉 PhD student Donghyun Kim and Dr. Sentis, present a clear explanation on whole-body control and simple motion planning to stabilize bipeds with point feet.

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Valkyrie at DARPA’s Robotics Challenge June 2015

This video showcases locomotion and teleoperation capabilities during demo time at the DRC finals. Valkyrie is NASA’s humanoid robot designed and built using actuator technologies from our lab.

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