Altas is hydraulic. It has 28 hydraulic actuators and one battery-powered pump. The battery is 3.7 KWH size They say it runs for about an hour. So he is burning 3.7 Kw The robot would heat a good size room.
The yellow dog "Spot" is 100% electric with custom BLDC motors, 3 in each leg. On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 5:19 AM Les Newell <les.new...@fastmail.co.uk> wrote: > I saw this shortly after it came out. At the time I wondered if they > were using hydraulics on Atlas. At one point you can see what looks > suspiciously like some liquid was spilled on the floor. Looks like one > of the robots sprung a leak during testing. > > Incredible motion control. They've come a long way since Big Dog. > > Les > > On 30/12/2020 02:20, Chris Albertson wrote: > > Just when I think I am beginning to understand the basics of controlling > > motors, PID and MPC controllers, someone has to prove I don't know > nothing. > > > > This is the best demo of 28-axis machine programming I'm ever seen. > (yes, > > 28) "Atlas has one large battery-powered motor and 28 hydraulic motors > > with encoders. The movement is controlled by a kind of g-code giving > > the target locations then Atlas does his best to get there. > > > > This is I think to date the best display of machine motion programming > ever > > > > https://youtu.be/fn3KWM1kuAw > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users