Ch. 2 - Let's get you a robot - Robotic Manipulation
short of adding tire mechanics into our physics engine. We also have a number of examples of this workflow in my Underactuated Robotics course, where we make extensive use of "simple models". [...] Hydraulic actuators provide another solution for generating large torques without large transmissions.
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- Basic Python familiarity
- Comfort with algebra or calculus basics
- Interest in robotics systems
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short of adding tire mechanics into our physics engine. We also have a number of examples of this workflow in my Underactuated Robotics course, where we make extensive use of "simple models". [...] Hydraulic actuators provide another solution for generating large torques without large transmissions. Sarcos had a series of torque-controlled arms (and humanoids), and many of the most famous robots from Boston Dynamics are based on hydraulics (though there is an increasing trend towards electric mo
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short of adding tire mechanics into our physics engine. We also have a number of examples of this workflow in my Underactuated Robotics course, where we make extensive use of "simple models". [...] Hydraulic actuators provide another solution for generating large torques without
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