A group of students at Worcester Polytechnic Institute has been developing a cost-effective general-purpose humanoid robot with their own dynamics controller.

Humanoid robots has been present in humankind's imagination for a long time. Nowadays, with the rapid development of science and technology, humanoid robots are becoming reality. Humanoid robotics is currently among the most active branches of robotics research. The potential applications of humanoid robots are infinite: searching and rescuing in catastrophic incidents, working in toxic environments, entertainment, education, and more. Besides that, humanoid robotics research push the boundary of human knowledge in many fields, such as biomechanics, mechanical design, computation, and control.

The HURON project aims to create a full-scale, full-body humanoid robot with two main values in mind:

  1. Building a stable and fully-functional platform for education and research in humanoid robotics.
  2. Providing cost-effective and durable solutions for large-scale tasks such as disaster relief around the world.

Within this project, we have active research in a variety of fields, including control theory, effective mechanical design, and sensors.

Manufactured HURON v1

HURON will be an excellent educational research platform for universities. Currently, there are no bipedal robots used for these tragedies and with our cost-effective design, HURON could potentially be utilized to aid natural disasters all over the world.

Image: HURON v1