WANDERER, a bipedal robot
Sandia’s Robotics team exhibited its bipedal walking robot, WANDERER, at the Technology Exposition portion of the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals in Pomona, California. The team conducted a field test and demonstration. The Sandia-designed robot successfully operated for 5 hours and 20 minutes, including 4 hours and 9 minutes of active walking, traversing 2.8 km on a single battery charge. This level of performance exceeds that of previous walking robots by more than five times. Core components of the technology are readily transferable to other applications. (6500)