Robots kick the ball like people

South Korea's RoboBuilder robot manufacturer group has recently built a moving robot like a real football player and knows how to find a ball.

At a cost of only $ 30,000, the basket of boots called RQ-TITAN by RoboBuilder is considered a strong contender competing for the championship in the RoboCup football soccer tournament.

Inside the robot with a petite appearance similar to a teenage boy is the Intel Atom Z530 1.6 GHz brain, 2 GB RAM and 60 GB SDD data storage drive.

RQ-TITAN also owns many communication ports and Wi-Fi wireless network connection. Controlling these parts works will be an open operating system like Linux Mint or Android OS. Besides, RQ-TITAN is also compatible with Microsoft Windows 7 operating system.

RQ-TITAN is equipped with a 'magic eye' which is a camera with the ability to recognize the ball to be able to perform the movements of a player with this ball. In addition, for voice recognition, RQ-TITAN also carries a microphone and speakers.

RQ-TITAN is capable of handling the ball as a player

When participating in the competition, the balanced sensor system will help the RQ-TITAN move, stand firm, and know to stand up after stumbling because of a collision.

All of these components constitute a robot player weighing only 10kg, less than 1 meter tall, capable of playing on the field within a 30-minute period thanks to the Li-Po 18 power source, 5V.

Although specially formulated for the task of participating in the RoboCup football tournament, however, the RQ-TITAN also possesses other special competencies such as searching, human-robot communication, even an employee. The supervisor is responsible for summarizing crooks in product exhibitions or similar events.

The price of $ 30,000 of the RQ-TITAN is not really cheap (not to mention the additional cover of $ 10,000), but this robot is still considered to be very competitive compared to similar products. self in the robot market.

Structure of "RQ-TITAN" player

Some similar robots on the market can be mentioned as NimbRo-OP with the same height and specifications but only $ 26,000 or as ZMP e-Nuvo robot, with a height of 1m26, but the price is up to 83,000 USD. However, ZMP e-Nuvo has been judged to be capable of acting unworthy of the 'money, rice bowl' .

In addition to RQ-TITAN, RoboBuilder Group also launched a series of other smaller and more pleasing robots with a much more affordable price, just above 800 USD.