There’s no commentary or soundtrack to distract from the remarkable number of feats performed in the footage.
XRL itself is described as a design study, building on a previous robot - the X-RHx - using a slightly different configuration to simplify fabrication, while minimising weight.
The robot’s carbon fibre shell houses a single battery compartment, provides space for a PC/104 control computer, and utilises three electronics stacks (each controlling two motors), spaced evenly throughout the body.
The video is an attachment to a paper presented earlier in the month at the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2013) by Aaron M. Johnson and Daniel E. Koditschek.
The paper, Toward a Vocabulary of Legged Leaping, can be found here.
First seven members join NG’s Great Grid Partnership
Agreed. It is all pretentious posturing and trite branding with no meaning or gravitas. Prepare to be disappointed by all of these greats/grates.