PIGORASS quadruped robot moves like a strange puppy

How often do you see a robot that you actually want to lift up with your arms and hug like a puppy. Not many, but this quadruped robot from Japan might change your mind. To be demonstrated at IROS 2011 later this month, the PIGORASS was developed at the Graduate School of Information Science & Technology, The University of Tokyo, Japan. Developed by roboticists that had previously created jumping and running robots, they have decided to create a robot that uses an external air compressor, pressure sensors and potentiometers to replicate how real muscles work.



Ubergizmo, PIGORASS quadruped robot moves like a strange puppy