DRDO Develops Humanoid Robot for Combat Operations
Researchers at the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) are developing a humanoid robot that can be used in combat operations.
To lessen troop exposure in high-risk situations, the DRDO's Research and Development Establishment (Engineers), a crucial lab, is creating a machine that can perform intricate duties under direct human supervision.
S E Talole, the group's director for Advanced Robotics at the Centre for Systems and Technologies, disclosed that the team has created prototypes that can operate on difficult terrains after four years of work. In order to replicate human-like movements, this humanoid uses actuators, real-time data sensors, and complex control systems—a capability that is presently being improved upon in the project's advanced phase.
The team has been working on the project for four years, according to S E Talole, group director of the R&DE (Engineers) Centre for Systems and Technologies for Advanced Robotics.
The National Workshop on Advanced Legged Robotics in Pune recently featured the robot.
The team is currently working on improving the robot's comprehension and execution of operator commands as it enters its advanced development phase.
Three essential parts make up the system: sensors that gather data from the environment in real time, actuators that produce movement similar to that of human muscles, and control systems that decipher this data and direct actions.
The upper body of the humanoid, according to the scientists, would include lightweight arms with spherical revolute joints, providing 24 degrees of freedom—7 in each arm, 4 in the gripper, and 2 in the head.
Particularly in high-risk situations, they claimed, the robot will be able to carry out intricate autonomous activities with closed-loop gripping and move things by turning, pushing, pulling, sliding doors, opening valves, and overcoming obstacles.
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The humanoid biped will be able to perform complicated autonomous tasks in demanding, high-risk conditions because to capabilities like push and fall recovery, real-time map development, autonomous navigation, and path planning through simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM).