You’ve seen TOPS, the dancing quadruped robot dog, now check out UC San Diego’s humanoid robot. Researchers at the school have trained the robot to effortlessly learn and perform a variety of expressive movements, including simple dance routines and gestures.
Aside from dancing, it can also wave, high-five and hug, all the while maintaining a steady gait on diverse terrains. This is possible because the humanoid robot was trained on a diverse array of human body motions, enabling it to generalize new motions and mimic them with ease. Training involved using an extensive collection of motion capture data and dance videos.
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Through expressive and more human-like body motions, we aim to build trust and showcase the potential for robots to co-exist in harmony with humans. We are working to help reshape public perceptions of robots as friendly and collaborative rather than terrifying like The Terminator,” said Xiaolong Wang, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering.
