This is more of a fun robot to have around. Anyone who has ever been a Transformer fan will probably have also been disappointed by the lack of automated “transforming” that goes on. But this robot, built by Kenji Ishida and JS Robotics, actually transforms from car to humanoid, and can walk around and fire missiles from its arms!
There isn’t much detail released about the robot, although one interesting thing is that it makes use of 22 servo motors to get the job done and actually transform. Servo motors are generally motors equipped with a sensor for position that allows an exact angular position. Using the sensor and the rotation of the motor, it can move to exact positions.
Altogether, it’s a super cool robot, and hopefully, we’ll see more on this prototype of the sort of science that goes on behind toys to make them cooler than most.
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