/technologies/robotics/b/blog/posts/disney-research-develops-a-humanoid-robot-that-can-play-catch&quot;Sky&quot; bot from Disney Reasearch (via Playing Catch and Juggling with a Humanoid Robot ) Ok, so the robot may induce a sense of fear into children playing with it, but it certainly makes up for its lack of personality with its dexterity. The...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/technologies/robotics/b/blog/posts/disney-research-develops-a-humanoid-robot-that-can-play-catchWed, 05 Dec 2012 20:33:39 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:c452731e-99a0-40fb-9025-e7f96b299b6bDAB0<p>An interesting approach.</p><p>Is there any data showing why they used hydrolics over other movement technologies?</p><p>I see a clear advantage over servos, but it would be very interesting to see how Hydrolics are better than steppermoters.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It is also an interesting step forward in dynamic interaction with non-predictable humans.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I may have to look into this one more closely.&nbsp; Could be some very useful technology here.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Just a thought,</p><p>DAB</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=15493&AppID=36&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">