Intermittent K-bot

2003/02/18 Elhuyar Zientzia

• Robotika

K-bot is a robot that mimics the human face. It was presented yesterday at the annual congress of the AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) and can be said to be the most advanced robotic leader to date.

The K-bot robot mimics the gestures of anyone who gets on par, for the moment facial. Through cameras with eyes, it follows the movements of the face and thanks to an advanced program is able to move small motors. These engines are able to activate 24 mechanical muscles under the polymer skin, very quickly – more than a second – thus becoming a mirror of what lies ahead.

The robot has been developed by David Hanson, a former Disney employee. In your opinion, in the short term we will have robots on the street that mimic the entire human body. But in addition to the robots we see in the movies, Hanson hopes to be the basis for the development of artificial muscles K-bot and a tool to help children with communication problems.