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Authors
Byagowi, Ahmad; Kopacek, Peter

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.3182/20091028-3-RO-4007.00021

Page Numbers:
98-102

Index Terms
robots for demining,humanoid robots,human gait imitation,biped locomotion

Abstract
In this paper a humanoid robot for humanitarian demining is described. Humanitarian demining is an important subject in SWIIS. The robot that is demonstrated in this paper is a tall humanoid robot called "Archie" which is a project of the Technical University of Vienna since the year 2004. The robot has the capability to imitate a human gait and could be used for surfing a mined field. Using biped locomotion instead of the traditional wheel based robots has some benefits; in this paper we will try to cover some of them.

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