Fourier’s GR-1 humanoids pose little menace in a dance-off

Singapore firm Fourier Intelligence has launched a video exhibiting a minimum of a dozen of its GR-1 humanoids, set for buyer supply this 12 months. However whereas the GR-1 may need the very best hips in robotics, it ain’t gonna win any rug-cutting contests.

The hips in query are the beefy 300-Nm (221-lb-ft) hip actuators with which Fourier says the GR-1 will have the ability to elevate a exceptional 50 kg (110 lb) of weight – practically as a lot because the 1.65-m (5.4-ft)-tall robotic weighs itself at 55 kg (121 lb).

That is as a result of – as we have coated earlier than – the GR-1 is designed to work as a caregiver and remedy assistant for the aged. It is unlikely to elevate 50 kg packing containers off the ground, however will in all probability have the ability to assist a affected person stand up from a mattress, bathroom or wheelchair because of massive, purple handles on its hips.

Fourier is planning to ship 100 models by the tip of the 12 months. These will not be absolutely practical, clever robots, although. They’re going to be {hardware}/software program platforms with fundamental skills. Fourier will ship them primarily to R&D labs, the place a spread of distributed groups will try to make the GR-1 match for helpful service.

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And that is in all probability why we get this video – to indicate that Fourier has constructed a minimum of 12 full humanoids which might be able to ship with a sure stage of functionality.

It isn’t a excessive stage of functionality, although. Certainly, it is in all probability honest to say the digital camera strikes extra dynamically than the bots themselves, which wiggle their fingers, wave their arms, make some feeble air punches, rock a shallow half-squat or two, twist on the waist, and do some little bit of stiff-legged strolling.

So that they’re actually no menace in a dance-off towards Atlas from Boston Dynamics, which together with some acrobatic flips and whatnot has additionally been recognized to bust out a imply operating man now and again, in addition to a rudimentary however practical twist. Try the Fourier bots beneath.

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