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By mentioning the robots, people often imagine humanoids with metallic arms; however, that is not always the case. In the United States, the UCLA Laboratory of Robotics and Mechanisms has created one with helium balloons, which is capable of floating and walking on water.
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baptized as balluthis biped has artificial intelligence and its body is made from only helium balloons. To move from one place to another, its creator added a pair of legs. Who is behind this technology is dennis hongfrom the UCLA Laboratory of Robotics and Mechanisms.
The biped is lightweight and can walk, jump, and even walk on water or a tightrope, as long as you don’t do it outside on a windy day.
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“Knees are driven by cable, with the actuators on the BALLU feet, along with the communications and power components. This results in a robot that has most of its mass at ground level, making it intrinsically stable”pick up the IEEE Spectrum media.
Ballu’s function is not to transport heavy things or carry out substantial handling tasks, in fact Hong told said media that it is more of a “mobile information device”, being its main asset “the fact that it is lightweight, low cost and inherently safe”.
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Although the robot still is in the development phase its creator anticipated the existence of a quadruped version, a version capable of transporting a payload and another version with an articulated upper body. Also, he added that they want to implement a method that allows Ballu to climb or jump over tall buildings.
You can see Ballu in action, in the following video.
Source: Elcomercio
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