Hi,
I’ve been following the development of humanoid robots and its huge impact it will have over the next few years.
There are more and more such robots available on the market and huge improvements have been made recently.
Also due to more competition and production entering full factory level, such devices have already seen a drop in purchase cost and will, no doubt, see further reduction in cost. This will make it soon affordable for domestic use as well. - Unitree’s R1 is just one emerging example. Unitree R1 | Unitree Robotics
Besides various commercial products and related applications, there is also a small market of open source robots emerging.
There are many technical elements found in both worlds (cameras, IMU and many other sensors, servos, LIDAR, independent and pre-planned operation…).
So this got me wondering if there might be an opportunity to link Ardupilot with such humanoid robot technology?
This could be used for agriculture purposes and search&rescue applications, amongst other things.
Here are some examples of commercial products already available or about to be released:
https://humanoid.guide/
Here is one example of an interesting open source project:
So, what are your thoughts?