Uploaded August 2014 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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THOR is a bipedal humanoid robot for search and rescue operations that was developed for the DARPA Robotics Challenge. THOR is electromechanical and utilizes several cutting edge technologies, including series-elastic actuation with impedance control, coordinated dual-arm control with collision-avoidance and haptics, 3D environment perception and mapping, and an intuitive user interface for autonomous and semi-autonomous operation.