Rambling robots show human efficiency

February 17, 2005 | Source: NewScientist.com News

The three mechanical bipeds androids that amble along with exceptional power efficiency and “instinctive” co-ordination were unveiled for the first time on Thursday.

Two of the three robots, those developed at Cornell and Delft, are relatively simple, yet exhibit remarkable power efficiency. Whereas Asimo consumes about 10 times as much power as a walking human, these robots use about the same amount of energy as the average person.