{"id":184716,"date":"2024-03-09T03:04:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-09T09:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/toyotas-new-soft-humanoid-picks-things-up-with-its-whole-body"},"modified":"2024-03-09T03:04:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T09:04:19","slug":"toyotas-new-soft-humanoid-picks-things-up-with-its-whole-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/toyotas-new-soft-humanoid-picks-things-up-with-its-whole-body","title":{"rendered":"Toyota\u2019s new soft humanoid picks things up with its whole body"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FY-MD4gteeE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Most humanoid robots pick things up with their hands \u2013 but that\u2019s not how we humans do it, particularly when we\u2019re carrying something bulky. We use our chests, hips and arms as well \u2013 and that\u2019s the idea behind Toyota\u2019s new soft robot.<\/p>\n<p>Punyo, as it\u2019s called, is a torso-up humanoid research platform. First and foremost, it\u2019s adorably Japanese, with a cute and approachable looking face and a cuddly, husky look reminiscent of the Baymax robot from Disney\u2019s <i>Big Hero 6<\/i>. Adding to the cuddle factor, he appears to be wearing a big, cosy-looking sweater.<\/p>\n<p>And indeed, this \u201csweater\u201d is highly hug-focused. It\u2019s made using grippy materials that provide a squishy, compliant layer over Punyo\u2019s hard metal skeleton, and the fabric is loaded with tactile sensors that allow it to feel exactly what it\u2019s hugging, be it a person or an item that it\u2019s carrying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most humanoid robots pick things up with their hands \u2013 but that\u2019s not how we humans do it, particularly when we\u2019re carrying something bulky. We use our chests, hips and arms as well \u2013 and that\u2019s the idea behind Toyota\u2019s new soft robot. Punyo, as it\u2019s called, is a torso-up humanoid research platform. First and [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1635,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-materials","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184716\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}