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Space exploration with legged robots


A robot team (Manipulatorar mounted on a lander, a rover and a walking robot) tested in a landscape, modeled on the lunar surface


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ESROCOS: European Space Robot Control...

ESROCOS: European Space Robot Control Operating System
The goal of the ESROCOS project is to provide an open source framework which can assist in the development of flight software for space...

Learning Walking Patterns for kinematically...

Learning Walking Patterns for kinematically ComplexRobots
Kinematically Complex Robots using Evolution Strategies

aBri: Movement prediction for exoskeleton...

aBri: Movement prediction for exoskeleton control
The video shows how EEG based movement prediction safely improves exoskeleton control.

aBri: Recognition of warnings during...

aBri: Recognition of warnings during teleoperation
The video shows how to improve operator support by predicting his success in information processing by online EEG analysis.

Adaptation of a man-machine interface for...

Adaptation of a man-machine interface for multi-robot control with respect to task engagement using embedded Brain Reading
The video shows a man-machine interface for multi robot control that is adapted online with respect to task load and task engagement to...

AILA/CAPIO Exoskeleton: German-Russian...

AILA/CAPIO Exoskeleton: German-Russian cooporation for remote control of robots
Aim of this demonstration is to control humanoid robots through the exoskeletons in any other location. In this case: Bremen and the Russian...

AILA: Autonomous product handling (SemProm)

AILA: Autonomous product handling (SemProm)
AILA sorts out supermarket products using RFID information

AILA: ISS

AILA: ISS
Teleoperation of an Antropomorphic System in Space Robotics.

AILA: ISS 2

AILA: ISS 2
AILA performing an autonomous mission in ISS setup.

AILA: Robofoot

AILA: Robofoot
Programming Arm Motions and Multifinger Grasping by Operator Demonstration

AILA: Teleoperation using Kinect

AILA: Teleoperation using Kinect
Demo showing AILA being teleoperated with the use of a Kinect sensor.

ARAMIES: Climbing skills

ARAMIES: Climbing skills
ARAMIES owns 6 joints in each leg and two for the head equipped with cameras, laser scanner and ultrasound distance sensors.

ARTEMIS Rover: Mobility

ARTEMIS Rover: Mobility
Mobility of the ARTEMIS rover.

ARTEMIS Rover: Overview

ARTEMIS Rover: Overview
Overview of the competition run of team ARTEMIS.

ARTIS: Tank inspection robot

ARTIS: Tank inspection robot
Conceptsimulation

ASGUARD v2: Field trip (June 2008)

ASGUARD v2: Field trip (June 2008)
ASGUARD overcomes various obstacles on a field trip to Potsdam.

ASGUARD v2: First water drive

ASGUARD v2: First water drive
ASGUARD II swims for the first time in the pond at DFKI Bremen. The ASGUARD II (Advanced Security Guard) robot is a highly mobile platform...

ASGUARD v2: Intelligent mobility (Final...

ASGUARD v2: Intelligent mobility (Final promotion)
Final Promotion Video for Asguard v2 in the iMoby-projekt.

ASGUARD v2: Outdoor test drive

ASGUARD v2: Outdoor test drive
ASGUARD II runs over a variety of obstacles and climb stairs. The The ASGUARD II (Advanced Security Guard) robot is a highly mobile platform...

ASGUARD v2: Snow run

ASGUARD v2: Snow run
ASGUARD on a snow run.

ASGUARD v2: Underwater walk

ASGUARD v2: Underwater walk
You see Asguard running underwater through a pond. The weight of the robot was to be increased by an extra 3kg.

ASGUARD v4

ASGUARD v4
Initial tests in the field of the current version 4 of the ASGUARD system

AVALON: Autonomous mission

AVALON: Autonomous mission
The Robotsystem AVALON on an autonomous mission. Several tasks are performed without external communication.

AVALON: Laser scanner and autonomous depth...

AVALON: Laser scanner and autonomous depth control
Sample images with the laser scanner as well as autonomous depth control.

AVALON: Overview and movement abilities

AVALON: Overview and movement abilities
Presentation of the AUV and his abilities.

AVALON: Video-Diary

AVALON: Video-Diary
AVALON during SAUC-E 2011, the mechanical redesign of the rear area and a demonstration of autonomous capabilities.

BESMAN - Second Demonstration - KUKA iiwa...

BESMAN - Second Demonstration - KUKA iiwa robot
Second official demonstration: Learning reaching behaviour from human demonstration in a logistics scenario.

BESMAN - Third Demonstration - MANTIS robot

BESMAN - Third Demonstration - MANTIS robot
Third official demonstration: Execution of an autonomous manipulation task in a space scenario and learning of manipulation behaviour from...

BesMan: First demonstration – robot system...

BesMan: First demonstration – robot system AILA
First official demonstration: Execution of an autonomous manipulation task in the ISS Mockup

BIN HUR: Biologically INspired HUmanoid Robot

BIN HUR: Biologically INspired HUmanoid Robot
Biological Inspired Humanoid Robot

BRIO Labyrinth: Brain Reading (Demonstration)

BRIO Labyrinth: Brain Reading (Demonstration)
In a telemanipulation-like scenario

BRIO Labyrinth: Development of learning...

BRIO Labyrinth: Development of learning architectures and experiments in sensory motor learning
The BRIO labyrinth game is used as a testbed for neurobiological studies of sensorimotori integration.

BRIO Labyrinth: Learned Policy

BRIO Labyrinth: Learned Policy
Simulation of the learned policy at the BRIO Labyrinth.

BRIO Labyrinth: Testbed

BRIO Labyrinth: Testbed
The "Labyrinth 1" project uses an altered BRIO labyrinth to investigate by means of EEG and fMRI examinations brain processes that occur...

Capio Exoskeleton

Capio Exoskeleton
Demonstration of the Capio active upper body exoskeleton in teleoperation scenarios.

Capio Exoskeleton: Control via biosignals

Capio Exoskeleton: Control via biosignals
Demonstration of the Capio exoskeleton control via biosignals: The intended movement of the human operator is detected by the biosignal data...

Capio: Passive Exoskeleton

Capio: Passive Exoskeleton
Demo showing the CAPIO passive Exoskeleton controlling AILA.

CESAR: Robot for "ESA Lunar Robotics"

CESAR: Robot for "ESA Lunar Robotics"
Participation in the ESA Lunar Robotics.

CManipulator: Autonomous underwater...

CManipulator: Autonomous underwater manipulation
Autonomous gripping of an underwater transponder by the CManipulator System.

CManipulator: Free Water Test

CManipulator: Free Water Test
This free water test was in Eckernförde

CManipulator: GISMA plug static

CManipulator: GISMA plug static
Autonomous Underwater-Plugging of a wet mateable GISMA plug.

CManipulator: Motion compensation

CManipulator: Motion compensation
Motion compesation of base frame movement by the CManipulator System.

COMPI: Robot arm with compliant control

COMPI: Robot arm with compliant control
Compliant trajectory tracking via model-based control allows human-robot interaction.

Coyote III: Assembly of Subsystems

Coyote III: Assembly of Subsystems
The video presents the assembly of Coyote III featuring its dedicated  subsystems and their core properties. Coyote III is a micro rover...

Coyote III: Demonstrates Robotic Search and...

Coyote III: Demonstrates Robotic Search and Rescue Scenario
Coyote III - initially build for space exploration tasks, it has shown its multi purpose character in many different scenarios. The rover...

Coyote III: Initial manual outdoor run

Coyote III: Initial manual outdoor run
Coyote III’s initial manual run with round wheels in DFKI’s outdoor sand field.

CREX: Postures

CREX: Postures
CREX demonstrating its postural abilities. These are used for docking to Sherpa or in steep crater slopes

CSurvey

CSurvey
The CSurvey sensor head

D-Rock: Models, methods and tools for the...

D-Rock: Models, methods and tools for the model based software development of robots
The project D-Rock is concerned with tools and methods for developing software for robots. The concepts of modularization and modeling are...

DaBrEM – Dalian-Bremen Electric Mobility

DaBrEM – Dalian-Bremen Electric Mobility
Four modiefied off-the-shelf electric vehicles for autonomous driving in the road train.

DaBrEM: EO smart connecting car 2

DaBrEM: EO smart connecting car 2
Autonomous Parking

DAEDALUS: AUVx during an experiment at DFKI...

DAEDALUS: AUVx during an experiment at DFKI RIC
This video shows the AUVX inside test infrastructure at DFKI RIC.  During its ride through the water the vehicle independently  reaches...

DAEDALUS: AUVx in the mission scenario of...

DAEDALUS: AUVx in the mission scenario of EurEx
This video animation shows the task of the AUVX within the EurEx mission scenario: Shortly after the icedrill melted through the iceshield...

DAGON: In the underwater lab

DAGON: In the underwater lab
Experiments concerning agility and control of the fully integrated AUV Dagon in the DFKI underwater testbed

DAGON: In the Unisee

DAGON: In the Unisee
AUV-Dagon is training in inland water with dimmer sight.

DAGON: Pipeline Inspection

DAGON: Pipeline Inspection
The autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) Dagon inspecting cooling pipes 3.5m in diameter at a power

DAGON: Under Ice

DAGON: Under Ice
The AUV Dagon in the Unisee under thin ice

DAGON: Under Ice

DAGON: Under Ice
Das AUV Dagon im Unisee unter einer Eisdecke.

Development of a drive concept for the...

Development of a drive concept for the Robolink robot joint
As part of an internship at the DFKI, a drive unit for the robolink joint IGUS was developed.

EO smart connecting car 2: Overview

EO smart connecting car 2: Overview
EO smart connecting car: Demonstrator-Video (Video: Timo Birnschein, DFKI GmbH)

EO smart connecting car: Animation

EO smart connecting car: Animation
The animation shows features of the EO smart connecting car

EO smart connecting car: Demonstration

EO smart connecting car: Demonstration
In this video you can see a demonstration of EO's abilities

EO smart connecting car: multipurpose...

EO smart connecting car: multipurpose extension module
The video presents the multi-purpose expansion unit for the robotic electric vehicle EO smart connecting car 2. With this vehicle, the...

EO smart connecting car: Promotion

EO smart connecting car: Promotion
Our Promotion Video for EO smart connecting car

EO smart connecting car: Social mobility

EO smart connecting car: Social mobility
Smart connecting cars and social mobility

ESBR: Stop-Log cleaning and inspection

ESBR: Stop-Log cleaning and inspection
Conceptual Animation of the cleaning and inspection of the stop-logs and stop-logs rails.

Europa Explorer – LENG AUV undergoes an...

Europa Explorer – LENG AUV undergoes an autonomous test mission
In this video, the Leng AUV undergoes an autonomous test mission in the saltwater basin of the DFKI Robotics Innovation Center. This mission...

Europa-Explorer: Mission scenario

Europa-Explorer: Mission scenario
Animation of a possible mission on Jupiter’s moon Europa

FASTER: Explore space faster and safer

FASTER: Explore space faster and safer
The FASTER project will develop and demonstrate technology for sensing terrain ahead of a rover.

Field Tests of AUV Leng - Docking Under Ice

Field Tests of AUV Leng - Docking Under Ice
AUV Leng docking under ice - Unisee Bremen

Field Trials Morocco: EU partner test new...

Field Trials Morocco: EU partner test new software with DFKI rover SherpaTT
The objective of the Strategic Research Cluster (SRC) on Space Robotics Technologies funded by the European Union is to enable major...

Field Trials Utah: Robot team simulates Mars...

Field Trials Utah: Robot team simulates Mars mission in Utah
A barren, rocky desert landscape and not a single soul around – to come as close as possible to the inhospitable conditions on the Red...

FlatFish: Autonomous SSIV Inspection &...

FlatFish: Autonomous SSIV Inspection & Docking
Fully autonomous FlatFish mission: The AUV undocks, inspects its target (SSIV, subsea isolation valve) and returns to its docking station.

FourByThree: Official Presentation of the...

FourByThree: Official Presentation of the Project
Initial promotional film of the project.

FourByThree: project overview

FourByThree: project overview
Overview at the end of the project FourByThree.

FourByThree: Technologies

FourByThree: Technologies
In this video, the main technological results of the project are presented.  

HySociaTea: Autonomous robot-robot...

HySociaTea: Autonomous robot-robot collaboration of Compi and AILA
This video shows the autonomous robot-robot collaboration in HySociaTea using the TECS framework. The Compi robot takes item to be delivered...

HySociaTea: Customized Packaging Scenario

HySociaTea: Customized Packaging Scenario
The Video illustrates the first demo setting and procedure with the Hybrid Team.

HySociaTea: Selected features from the final...

HySociaTea: Selected features from the final project demonstration
This video shows selected technologies of the HySociaTea scenario: the any-time resource planner, the object recognition using the...

iLAADR: Initial experiments with the robotic...

iLAADR: Initial experiments with the robotic manipulator
Currently, we are performing laboratory experiments with the robotic manipulator. This includes testing the separate software components...

IMoby: Simple speed control vs. wheel...

IMoby: Simple speed control vs. wheel synchronisation
Simple Speed Control vs. Wheel Synchronization

IMPERA: Exploration and object-manipulation...

IMPERA: Exploration and object-manipulation with the robot-team
A team of two robots are demonstration the abilities to localize and to transport objects.

iMRK: Intelligent human-robot collaboration

iMRK: Intelligent human-robot collaboration
The video shows the robot system developed for the project and its human-robot-collaboration skills at the Volkswagen IT Symposium 2016 in...

Intrinsic interactive reinforcement learning:...

Intrinsic interactive reinforcement learning: Using error-related potentials
Thanks to human negative feedback, the robot learns from its own misconduct.

Inveritas: On orbit servicing test facility

Inveritas: On orbit servicing test facility
Autonomous reaction of the CableRobot to the movement of the robotic arm.

Inveritas: Relative navigation and capture

Inveritas: Relative navigation and capture
Prototypic realization of a Rendez-Vous and Capture (RvC) system

IOP: Autonomous Pipeline-Tracking

IOP: Autonomous Pipeline-Tracking
Vision of an integrated solution for pipeline inspection by an AUV.

iStruct: Balancing

iStruct: Balancing
The robot shifts its center of mass in realtime, based on the slope it is walking on.

iStruct: Stand-up motion

iStruct: Stand-up motion
The robot Charlie shows a transition from a four-legged posture into a two-legged posture. While standing on two legs, the range of motion...

iStruct: Walking

iStruct: Walking
The video shows the walking pattern of the iStruct Demonstrator. Besides different walking directions a smooth transition between the...

LENG: Docking

LENG: Docking
Fully autonomous docking of the AUV Leng with a mock-up of the ice-shuttle

LIMES – Learning Intelligent Motions

LIMES – Learning Intelligent Motions
Animation of Mantis performing EVA (Extra Vehicular Activity) activities outside a lunar human habitat.

LIMES/MANTIS

LIMES/MANTIS
Animation of Mantis climbing in a crater to maintain infrastructure.

Little Ape

Little Ape
Integration of a spine

Lunares: Reconfigurable robots for...

Lunares: Reconfigurable robots for extraterrestrial exploration
Reconfigurable Robots for Extraterrestrial Exploration

MANTIS: Multi-limbed walking robot for mobile...

MANTIS: Multi-limbed walking robot for mobile manipulation in unstructured environments
The robot Mantis walking with different gaits and overcoming obstacles as well as performing different manipulation tasks.

Maritime Exploration Hall (bird's eye view)

Maritime Exploration Hall (bird's eye view)
The Maritime Exploration Hall serves to test new robotic technologies on and under water.

MEHEN: Underwater snake

MEHEN: Underwater snake
The MEHEN configuration features 8 degrees of freedom and floats and dives through remote-control.

MIA test platform: DFKI´s open test,...

MIA test platform: DFKI´s open test, development and verification platform for autonomous driving
At the DFKI Robotics Innovation Center (RIC) the researcher are working on several projects to develop new mobility solutions, like the...

MINOAS: Magnet Crawler

MINOAS: Magnet Crawler
The Magnet Crawler robot climbs on the outer surface of the DFKI exploration hall

MINOAS: Magnet Crawler 2

MINOAS: Magnet Crawler 2
Magnetic climbing robot for inspection of steel structures

MINOAS: System tests in Varna

MINOAS: System tests in Varna
The lightweight crawler and the 3D positioning systems are tested during the ship trials in a real environment.

Mitsubishi PA10-7C: Embodied Cognition

Mitsubishi PA10-7C: Embodied Cognition
Use of behaviour-based software architectures along with the use of biologically-inspired concepts for building a mechanical gripper.

Mitsubishi PA10-7C: Human-robot interaction

Mitsubishi PA10-7C: Human-robot interaction
The Human guides the robot while the robot carries the weight.

Mitsubishi PA10-7C: Logistics

Mitsubishi PA10-7C: Logistics
The Mitsubishi PA10-7C is a seven degrees of freedom robot arm that serves to research on new approaches in the area of industrial robotics,...

MOONWALK: First sea trials with YEMO 1.0

MOONWALK: First sea trials with YEMO 1.0
First functional tests of the new amphibious rover YEMO in the Mediterranean Sea where conducted near Vulcano Island in June 2015. The video...

MOONWALK: YEMO 1.1 during the earth analogue...

MOONWALK: YEMO 1.1 during the earth analogue simulations
The project MOONWALK concluded with two earth analogue simulations, one a desert area in Spain and the other on underwater offshore the...

NeTTun: New Technologies for Tunnelling and...

NeTTun: New Technologies for Tunnelling and Underground Works

In cooperation with the producer of the TBMs, the company NFM Technologies, DFKI RIC will develop a robotic arm to inspect, clean and...

Open house at DFKI 2011

Open house at DFKI 2011
Experience, understand, experiment: about 160 pupils visited the DFKI RIC to see our laboratories and robots.

Pithekos: 4 legged galloping robot

Pithekos: 4 legged galloping robot
The 4-legged robot Pithekos II was developed at the DFKI as part of a diploma thesis and serves as an experimental platform for dynamic...

Pressure chamber lab

Pressure chamber lab
This video shows the effect of increasing the ambient pressure to 600bar when applied to different kinds of materials.

Project marion

Project marion
Results of the marion project: cooperative robots for intralogistics and agriculture.

Recupera REHA: Animation of the operating...

Recupera REHA: Animation of the operating principle and usage of the systems

Recupera REHA: operating principle and usage...

Recupera REHA: operating principle and usage of the Recupera REHA subsystem

Recupera REHA: Therapeutic application...

Recupera REHA: Therapeutic application example of the subsystem

Research at the Robotics Innovation Center

Research at the Robotics Innovation Center
Long Term Autonomy

Research facilites: Space exploration hall

Research facilites: Space exploration hall
Learn more about our Space Exploration Hall

Research facilities: Robot test track

Research facilities: Robot test track
Learn more about our Robot Test Track and its obstacles.

RIMRES: Manipulator

RIMRES: Manipulator
Observation of the docking process by using the manipulator's camera

RIMRES: Sherpa and CREX

RIMRES: Sherpa and CREX
Sherpa is using its manipulator to deploy CREX. A possible use-case is the deployment off a landing unit at the beginning of an exploration...

RIMRES: Systems in a lunar exploration...

RIMRES: Systems in a lunar exploration mission
The video shows a possible lunar exploration mission for the RIMRES-system.

Robotics Innovation Center: Corporate Film...

Robotics Innovation Center: Corporate Film 2018
This corporate movie introduces the Robotics Innovation Center, DFKI GmbH.

ROV: Autonomous hovering

ROV: Autonomous hovering
LBV150 serves as a test platform for new underwater vehicle systems in the facilities at the DFKI and outdoor experiments.

SCORPION: Trouble-free running on different...

SCORPION: Trouble-free running on different subsoils
8-legged walking robot for hazardous outdoor-terrain which uses a biomimetic control concept allowing a very flexible, robust walking...

SeeGrip: Autonomous underwater object...

SeeGrip: Autonomous underwater object manipulation
This simulation shows the results of evaluating the SeeGrip gripper which has been developed at the DFKI in a pressure chamber that...

SeeGrip: Pressure chamber

SeeGrip: Pressure chamber

SemProM: Semantic Product Memory

SemProM: Semantic Product Memory
Example of the manipulation of complex and variable product packaging with smart labels and digital memories by robots

SentryBot: Indoor patrol

SentryBot: Indoor patrol
SentryBot Indoor is a mobile security robot which is able to patrol autonomously in indoor environments

Sherpa: Expandable rover for planetary...

Sherpa: Expandable rover for planetary applications
The video shows how Sherpa is embedded in the project RIMRES and gives first impressions on the locomotion capabilities of the system.

Sherpa: Lifting

Sherpa: Lifting
Sherpa using its manipulator to support its weight while lifting the two front legs

Sherpa: Stacking camera payload

Sherpa: Stacking camera payload
CREX demonstrating its postural abilities. These are used for docking to Sherpa or in steep crater slopes

Sherpa: Stepping over

Sherpa: Stepping over
Sherpa using its manipulator to overcome an obstacle

SherpaTT during outdoor runs

SherpaTT during outdoor runs
SherpaTT demonstrating its ability to keep ist body level during drives through rough terrain.

SherpaTT: Driving in natural Mars analogue...

SherpaTT: Driving in natural Mars analogue terrain in the desert of Utah, US
SherpaTT driving in natural Mars analogue terrain in the desert of Utah, USA and demonstrating its ability to keep its body level during...

Space exploration with legged robots

Space exploration with legged robots
A robot team (Manipulatorar mounted on a lander, a rover and a walking robot) tested in a landscape, modeled on the lunar surface

SpaceBOT Camp 2015

SpaceBOT Camp 2015
Fully autonomous run of the ARTEMIS rover at the SpaceBot Camp 2015

SpaceClimber: A free-climbing robot for...

SpaceClimber: A free-climbing robot for extraterrestrial craters
SpaceClimber in the artificial lunar crater in the DFKI RIC Space Exploration Hall.

StarTiger: Dropship

StarTiger: Dropship
Video of the flight experiment for lowering and deploying the rover mock-up. Source: Florian Cordes/ DFKI GmbH, Airbus DS)

StarTiger: Mission

StarTiger: Mission
Video of the final flight demonstrations. The flights took place on a test facility in Trauen, Germany. During the tests, the whole mission...

TransFIT: Flexible interaction for...

TransFIT: Flexible interaction for infrastructures establishment
Flexible interaction for infrastructures establishment by means of teleoperation and direct collaboration; transfer into industry 4.0.

TransTerrA: Coyote III Crater Trials

TransTerrA: Coyote III Crater Trials
Coyote III masters an artificial lunar crater wall with 45° inclination.

TransTerrA: The robot Coyote III in the snow

TransTerrA: The robot Coyote III in the snow
Watch Coyote III driving through deep snow within rough terrain

Universal Docking Interface

Universal Docking Interface
Developed by DFKI GmbH to support different requirements and purposes in the field robotics and e-mobility.

VI-Bot: Active Exoskeleton 2010

VI-Bot: Active Exoskeleton 2010
Teleoperation with the Active Exoskeleton

VI-Bot: Final active exoskeleton

VI-Bot: Final active exoskeleton
Teleoperation with the final Active Exoskeleton

VI-Bot: Passive exoskeleton

VI-Bot: Passive exoskeleton
Teleoperation with the Passive Exoskeleton.

VI-Bot: Virtual immersion

VI-Bot: Virtual immersion
Virtual Immersion for holistic feedback control of semi-autonomous robots

µAUV²: First underwater tests

µAUV²: First underwater tests
In this video you can see the first swimming tests of the µAUV².
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last updated 27.05.2016
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