Integrated Robotics Failures
CS
480: Robotics & 3D Printing Lecture, Dr. Lawlor
Sophisticated motion is hard, as this cereal making
robot demonstrates.
Even simple things like a parking lot
barrier arm can go haywire (probably a motion encoder
failure).
Grant Imahara's giant
spider robot illustrates the dangers of giant robots and
center of gravity.
Boston Dynamics' Big
Dog on ice illustrates the uncertainties of ground
traction. (Current
Big Dog dynamics)
Ground
traction on steep, soft slopes is a challenge.
Managing
momentum is a challenge.
DARPA Grand Challenge, 2004-5
DARPA Urban Challenge, 2007
DARPA Robotics Challenge, 2012-2015
Even Honda's incredible humanoid Asimo falls
occasionally.