Comment by OsrsNeedsf2P
16 hours ago
Went to one of their hackathons last year. I think there's a lot of potential in this idea - imagine a robot that can do your real life chores - but this isn't it. The robots don't know their own positions, so as soon as there's a bit of slippage in the actuators, the robot will start flailing on the floor.
Kscale engineer here: I'm honestly not sure what you mean by "the robots don't know their own positions". We have 2 fish eye lens cameras on the K-Bot, and an IMU, which allow the robot to estimate its 3D position(s) quite well.
The actuators also have encoders that allow you to read all of the joint positions very precisely.
PS: If the last time you saw the robots was last year, we encourage you to visit us again! Kscale robots improve fast :)