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Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Honda Robotics for Disaster Response

Quite an impressive piece.  An obvious place to use robotics of this type.   A number of images and videos in the article.  Honda has been known for a long time to provide advances in such extreme applications of robotics.  Applications where the nature of the problem context is chaotic.

Honda Unveils Prototype E2-DR Disaster Response Robot in IEEE Spectrum by Evan Ackerman ...

 .... At a recent IEEE robotics conference, Honda researchers discussed the latest prototype of their disaster-relief robot, called E2-DR. The new humanoid has an impressive design and broad range of capabilities. It can transition from bipedal to quadrupedal locomotion, squeeze itself through narrow spaces, climb vertical ladders, walk over rubble, and even work in the rain.   ... " 

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