Toyota's Latest Humanoid Robot Can Balance on One Leg

Toyota this week unveiled its third-generation humanoid robot, and information technology has pretty impressive yoga and martial arts skills.

It may not exist able to nail a back flip like Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot, just Toyota's T-HR3 can balance on one leg, gently pick upwardly a balloon with two hands without popping it, and even requite you a high 5. For a peek at T-HR3 in action, bank check out the video below.

T-HR3 is remotely controlled from a "Chief Maneuvering System" that basically lets a man operator become one with the robot. Wear controls map the operator'south paw, arm, and pes movements and communicate them to T-HR3'due south body parts. So, when the operator moves their artillery, the robot mirrors those movements. The operator can also walk in place to make the robot move forward or laterally. Plus, a caput-mounted display lets the operator come across from T-HR3's perspective.

Toyota said its latest robotics platform tin can "safely assist humans in a variety of settings, such equally the home, medical facilities, construction sites, disaster-stricken areas, and even outer space." T-HR3 can fifty-fifty maintain its residual if it collides with something, a skill that should come in handy in certain environments where precise movements are necessary, Toyota said.

In a statement, Akifumi Tamaoki, general manager of Toyota's Partner Robot Segmentation said his squad plans to use the technology in T-HR3 to "develop friendly and helpful robots that coexist with humans and assist their daily lives."

"Looking ahead, the core technologies developed for this platform will help inform and accelerate future development of robots to provide always-better mobility for all," Tamaoki said.

Toyota earlier this year completed the first North American in-home trial of its Homo Support Robot, which is designed to aid those with limited mobility proceeds more independence. That robot can do things like open curtains, pick up fallen objects like pens and Television receiver remotes off the floor, and retrieve things from boxes and shelves.

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Angela Moscaritolo is PCMag's expert on fettle and smart dwelling products. Didactics yoga for virtually 10 years has helped her in evaluating a range of connected health products including fettle trackers, middle rate monitors, rowers, smart scales, stationary bikes, strength training machines, treadmills, and more. Angela besides tests smart home devices from her ranch in Florida, including air purifiers, kitchen appliances, and robot vacuums, just to name a few.