Vijay Kumar, dean at Penn and former director of the GRASP Lab, built a 7,000-pound hexapod robot with hydraulic actuation as a graduate student. The conversation covers multi-robot systems, swarms, and micro aerial vehicles.
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A very large hexapod built during graduate school that "weighed close to £7,000" and was powered by hydraulic actuation.
The following is a conversation with Vijay Kumar. He's one of the top roboticists in the world, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, a dean of Penn Engineering, former director of Grasp Lab or the General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception Laboratory at Penn that was established back in 1979. That's 40 years ago. Vijay is perhaps best known for his work in multi robot systems, robot swarms, and micro aerial vehicles, robots that elegantly cooperate in flight under all the uncertainty and challenges that the real world conditions present. This is the Artificial Intelligence Podcast. If you enjoy it, subscribe on YouTube, give it five stars on iTunes, support on Patreon, or simply connect with me on Twitter lexfriedman spelled F R I D M A n and now here's my conversation with Vijay Kumar. What is the first robot you've ever built or were a part of building?
Way back when I was in graduate school, I was part of a fairly big project that involved building a very large hexapod. This weighed close to £7,000 and it was powered by hydraulic actuation.
