AiDIN, a Quadruped Walking Robot for indoor and outdoor [VIDEO]

Technology these days is making giant steps, and one of the more prolific field is for sure robotics.

In spite of rapid development in robotic technologies, living creatures are still superior to robots existing currently in various aspects. Thus, it is necessary to understand the principles underlying the motions and behaviors of biological subjects for the control of robots. Mimicking living creatures currently becomes one of the worldwide trends for robotic innovations. It is considered as one of the most adequate way of developing a robot since biological systems provide a number of useful ideas concerning the control of robots. Recently, robotic researchers as well as biologists propose innovative ideas for the control of the walking robot system. Among several ideas, mimicking the rhythmic motion of animals is one of the most promising ways to control the walking robot system. By studying on this, the locomotion of the walking robot can be close to that of the real animal.

This cute dog-based robot has 12 DoF joint actuators, which have built-in torque sensors. It is a fully torque controllable system. It can actuate all joints with torque suitable to drag its own body or luggage such as a car, or it can drag directly a real car, as you can see in the video below:

It's a good boy, isn't it?

Video via: Aidin Robotics