Not seen again, much. In 2024, there's a video of it as a cargo carrier, with a luggage rack replacing the seat. The foam outriggers are no longer present, so stability has probably improved.[1]
Unclear why they stuck those omni-wheels on the ankles.
Notice that in the 2022 video, there's a humanoid robot hanging around in the back.
In 2023, Kawasaki showed off a better humanoid.[2] It's pretty good. One of the demos is that it picks up one end of a table, while a human picks up the other, and they work together to move the table, moving forwards, backwards, and turning to get it around some obstacles.
This is Kawasaki's 7th generation humanoid. There's real progress. Unlike Honda's ASIMO, which was abandoned a few years ago.
There are over a dozen humanoid robot projects now.[3] Some of them are pretty good. Most have hands and reasonable manipulation ability.
When funding is mentioned, figures such as US$600 million are shown.
Not really eligible to be called a goat before it takes the high ground of the announcer's platform just because it can.
But that choice of music, the "it transforms into a wheeled unit, and back, for no good reason because both modes are awful", that surely is an impressive display of love for mechatronics!
(2022)
Not seen again, much. In 2024, there's a video of it as a cargo carrier, with a luggage rack replacing the seat. The foam outriggers are no longer present, so stability has probably improved.[1]
Unclear why they stuck those omni-wheels on the ankles.
Notice that in the 2022 video, there's a humanoid robot hanging around in the back. In 2023, Kawasaki showed off a better humanoid.[2] It's pretty good. One of the demos is that it picks up one end of a table, while a human picks up the other, and they work together to move the table, moving forwards, backwards, and turning to get it around some obstacles.
This is Kawasaki's 7th generation humanoid. There's real progress. Unlike Honda's ASIMO, which was abandoned a few years ago.
There are over a dozen humanoid robot projects now.[3] Some of them are pretty good. Most have hands and reasonable manipulation ability. When funding is mentioned, figures such as US$600 million are shown.
[1] https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/idOV179931052022RP1/
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h66xSbIEdU
[3] https://james.darpinian.com/blog/you-havent-seen-these-real-...
The clunky robogoat is bad enough. The terrible frantic clanging music elevates the awfulness to a whole other level.
This is astonishingly bad, at least as a demo. What does it do that is interesting?
It shakes you into sickness, it's a feature
I thought, “But Why? Why a Goat?” Then, “It is Japan. Awesome. Why Not?”
Let’s do a bike that is also a horse for Indian roads. Ride the Bike; if potholes on the road, it starts galloping.
Maybe it was just a poorly prepared humorous performance referencing Monty Hall problem?
They wanted to called it iBex but Apple sent them cease and desist.
(2022)
Not really eligible to be called a goat before it takes the high ground of the announcer's platform just because it can.
But that choice of music, the "it transforms into a wheeled unit, and back, for no good reason because both modes are awful", that surely is an impressive display of love for mechatronics!
Imagine that thing painted neon green and hurling down the highway.
I for one won't be trading in my old ZX-9R.
Robotics designers will do anything to avoid the innovations of the wheel.
Not all of them:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkhd-GSpI0A
Looks like someone watched the new Star Wars trilogy