The world's fastest robot skillfully turns upside down

The world's fastest robot skillfully turns upside down

After setting the world's fastest record for a humanoid robot in early March 3, China's Unitree company continues to achieve new achievements. Their latest H2024 bipedal robot becomes the first humanoid robot to flip upside down while standing without the use of hydraulics, New Atlas reported on April 21.

A few years ago, Boston Dynamics' Atlas humanoid robot also successfully flipped upside down, but needed to use a heavy, potentially leaky hydraulic system to bounce high, then somersault and land on both feet. In contrast, Unitree's H1 robot relies only on the self-made M107 electric joint motor, each motor has a maximum torque of 360 Nm, previously appeared on the 4-legged B2 robot of the same company. Each leg can rotate freely 3 degrees in hip position. one degree at the knee and ankle. All wires are located inside the robot to avoid resistance and move smoothly.

Unitree uses reinforcement learning simulation to train H1 to somersault in place. While such impressive visual skills may be an important activity for a robot to have, beyond entertainment, its practical applications appear to be limited. H1 achieved many more useful feats during its development, including fast walking, stair climbing, vertical jumping and even jumping.

H1 is a fairly new robot in the race of developing humanoid robots and may take another 10 years to appear on the market. The robot is 1,8 meters tall, weighs 47 kg and can carry up to 30 kg of goods. Currently, its arms do not have hands like Tesla's Optimus and Unitree is developing that design.

While the H1 set a world record at a speed of 3,3 m/s, the company hopes the commercial version will move at 5 m/s. A set of sensors located on the head including a 3D LiDAR camera and an Intel RealSense depth camera help scan the world around. In addition, the robot's 864 kW battery pack can be easily removed.

An Khang (Follow New Atlas)