Petman
Petman is a full-size humanoid that can walk, squat, and do push-ups. It was developed to test chemical-resistant military gear and is in no way intended to become a robotic super soldier of the future.
- Creator
- Year
- 2009
- Country
- United States 🇺🇸
- Categories
- Features
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Did you know?
Petman can alter its body temperature and humidity, and even sweat on demand.
History
Petman was designed by a team led by Marc Raibert at Boston Dynamics. Development started in 2008 with a US $26.3 million U.S. Army program. In 2009, the company, based in Waltham, Mass., first demonstrated Petman's legs by putting them to walk on a treadmill. In 2011, the company showed that the robot legs could run at up to 7 kilometers per hour (about 4.4 miles per hour) and announced it had completed a prototype of the body. Later that year, it unveiled a complete Petman that could walk, squat, kneel, and even do push-ups. The Army funded the development of Petman, short for Protection Ensemble Test Mannequin, to use the robot to test chemical suits and other protective gear used by troops.
Specs
- Overview
Anthropomorphic design. Equipped with custom hydraulic actuators.
- Status
Inactive
- Year
2009
- Website
- Height
- 177.8 cm
- Weight
- 79.4 kg
- Speed
- 6.44 km/h
- Actuators
Hydraulic actuators
- Degrees of Freedom (DoF)
- 29
- Compute
Custom PC
- Software
Custom software
- Power
Tethered
