The “Gangnam Style” Craze Continues
From ABC NEWS
The Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory at Virginia Tech released one of the newest viral videos demonstrating the popular “Gangnam Style”—in the form of a robot. Tech developed the humanoid robot as a research platform to study walking and independent behaviors within the robot community. The video was posted by The Robotics & Mechanisms Laboratory (RoMeLa), which explained:
“The CHARLI series humanoid robot is developed as a research platform to study bipedal walking and autonomous behaviors for humanoid robots. It is designed to be ultra light weight (under 15 kgs) for safety and low cost. As the next generation of the CHARLI series humanoid robots, CHARLI-2 improves stability and speed in walking, intelligence and autonomy, and soccer playing skills. CHARLI-L2 is also designed to participate in the autonomous robot soccer competition, RoboCup, in the Adult size league.”