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IHMC’s Nadia Humanoid Robot Gets Boxing Gloves, Sparring Ensues

IHMC’s Nadia Humanoid Robot Gets Boxing Gloves, Sparring Ensues

IHMC Nadia Humanoid Robot Boxing
IHMC’s Nadia humanoid robot was recently equipped with a pair of boxing gloves to test the speed and agility of its new robot arms. Sparring promptly ensued, giving off ‘Real Steel’ movie vibes, where human boxers were replaced with robots.



In addition to boxing, Nadia has a high power-to-weight ratio and large range of motion, along with develop autonomous as well as semi-autonomous behaviors. This enables the robot to function in urban environments. Why is it named Nadia? It’s named after legendary gymnast Nadia Comăneci, and being funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR).

IHMC Nadia Humanoid Robot Boxing

The Nadia project, which has a three year timeline, is intended to function in indoor environments where stairs, ladders, and debris would require a robot to have the same range of motion as a human, which can be particularly useful in firefighting, disaster response, and other scenarios that might be dangerous for humans,” said the company.

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Jackson Chung

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First Look at Fluid Reality, Haptic Gloves with Small Actuators That Let You Feel Objects in Virtual Reality

First Look at Fluid Reality, Haptic Gloves with Small Actuators That Let You Feel Objects in Virtual Reality

Fluid Reality Haptic Gloves Feel in VR AR
JumpMod lets you feel jumps, while Fluid Reality haptic gloves can be used to touch things in virtual reality. This is accomplished through 160 dynamic haptic feedback actuators in the fingertips of the wireless and lightweight gloves.



If you look inside each one of the gloves, there are high resolution fingerpad arrays for each fingertip, or basically displays for your skin. These are used to imprint tactile images on your skin similar to pixels on a screen. The bubble-like pixel contains a fluid that can stretch and fill when activated. Within each pixel, there is a small electrically controlled pump. Unlike standard pumps, these operate on the principal of electroosmosis, which means they have no moving parts.

Fluid Reality Haptic Gloves Feel in VR AR

The compact nature of the technology allows it to provide better haptic feedback while also minimizing size and complexity. We built this prototype glove using off-the-shelf components like a Raspberry Pi. Fully integrated products have the opportunity to be even more compact and lightweight. Because it’s thin, we used built-in optical hand tracking, and standard Unity integrations,” said the researchers.

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