Event
IHMC presents next-generation Alex humanoid research platform for out-of-lab testing
Key points
- IHMC said Alex is a multi-year, multimillion-dollar humanoid project funded through the Office of Naval Research and built on lessons from Nadia.
- The research goals include next-generation controllers for outdoor urban operations, behavior design for building exploration, behavior cloning and improved simulation.
- IHMC described Alex as a platform for out-of-lab testing, disaster-response scenarios and high-risk environments where robots could reduce risk to human responders.
Company context
Boardwalk Robotics develops humanoid robotic systems with roots in the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition long-running humanoid research program. The company collaborated with IHMC on the Nadia research platform before announcing Alex as a commercial manipulation-first humanoid upper-torso robot for manufacturing, logistics, food processing and maintenance.
Context
- Company
- Boardwalk Robotics
- Segment
- Humanoid
- Event type
- Capability
- Geography
- Pensacola, Florida · United States