The BIP robot

Walking allows to move around places where wheels can hardly go, and many robotic applications would gain from that point. But a robot reproducing specifically the human body as much as possible constitutes on top of that a new and powerful tool for the study of human movements. Our intention though is not to reproduce the exact behaviour of the human body. Our intention though is not to reproduce the exact behaviour of the human body, an extraordinary machinery that outperforms the possibilities of today's technology, but to reproduce the main characteristics of the human locomotion system. The BIP robot is therefore equipped with only 15 articulations, 2 at each ankle, 1 at each knee, 3 at each hip and 3 between the pelvis and the trunk, what is already hard enough to build and to control.

Videos of the BIP robot (in French only)

Simulations du robot BIP / Simulations of the BIP robot

Le robot BIP à l'Expo2000 / The BIP robot at the Expo2000

Du 1er juin au 31 octobre 2000, le robot BIP a été présent au coeur du Pavillon Français de l'Exposition Universelle Expo2000 à Hannovre, tissant le lien entre mouvement et technologie. Un film a été réalisé à cette occasion, dont voici les coulisses.

From the 1st of june to the 31st of october 2000, the BIP robot has been at the heart of the French Pavilion of the Expo2000 World Fair in Hannover. A movie has been shot for this occasion, and here are some images of the making-of.