Agility Robotics has unveiled a dynamic walking robot called Cassie that can do a range of tasks, from delivering parcels to helping search and rescue operations. Cassie is built on a simple spring-mass model, which was first designed to explain animal walking and running gaits, a concept that is sometimes referred to as an "ostrich bot". Agility Robotics is a spin-off firm of engineers from Oregon State University and is funded by a $1 million, 16-month grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the research arm of the US Department of Defense.
Agility Robotics has unveiled a dynamic walking robot called Cassie that can do a range of tasks, from delivering parcels to helping search and rescue operations. Cassie is built on a simple spring-mass model, which was first designed to explain animal walking and running gaits, a concept that is sometimes referred to as an "ostrich bot". Agility Robotics is a spin-off firm of engineers from Oregon State University and is funded by a $1m, 16-month grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the research arm of the US Department of Defense.