Welcome to Robot Park, where Apptronik is building the future with Apollo 2 Apptronik 2026-06-30 | Welcome to Robot Park, where we’re building the future with Apollo 2. Robot Park is where Apollo learns today, getting the experience needed to make a difference tomorrow.Today we’re announcing Robot Park, our nearly 90,000-square-foot facility where Apollo 2 is collecting real-world training data needed to advance autonomous humanoid robots. Learn more about Robot Park and Apollo 2 here: bit.ly/3R5TLyh
Thank you Gerardo. Apptronik 2023-09-14 | Gerardo Bledt was the Head of our Locomotion and Controls Team at Apptronik. He tragically passed away this summer. He was a friend, colleague, and force of nature. He was a maestro with robots, and showed all of us what was possible. We dedicate Apollo and our work to Gerardo. Voice overs are excerpts from eulogies given at Gerardo's funeral by his mom, Marcela Bledt, and Apptronik CEO, Jeff Cardenas: youtube.com/live/q2850V4GFtM?si=m_YyvjDpYVGIuL0UVideos made mostly by Gerardo.We miss you Gerardo and will do our best to carry on your legacy.
Hello Apollo Apptronik 2023-08-23 | Say hello to Apollo. Our latest humanoid robot. Apollo is built in partnership is NASA. Apollo's goal is to help humans by offloading tasks that are dangerous or that we don't want to do.
APEX First Fitting Apptronik 2023-05-24 | This is the first fitting of our exoskeleton, APEX (Apptronik Exo) in 2020. The suit is extremely intuitive and easy to use. The pilot is performing these maneuvers the first time in the suit.
Bipedal Locomotion Testbed Apptronik 2023-05-24 | QDB (Quick Development Biped) is a bipedal locomotion platform used to create dynamic locomotion control algorithms. It is designed to be robust, low cost, and optimized for control system development. Algorithms validated on QDB can then be applied to other legged systems we design.
Apptronik Astra Intro Apptronik 2023-05-24 | Apptronik's GPR upper body. It can be fixed to any mobile base of choice.
Apptronik Astra Compilation Apptronik 2023-01-28 | Compilation video of LSA doing different tele-operated tasks.
QDH Bringup Sample Apptronik 2023-01-27 | Sampling of behaviors from bringing up QDH (Quick Development Humanoid). The robot was built and brought online in less than 4 months and serves as a testbed for our Apollo efforts.
Sagittarius Exo Apptronik 2019-03-25 | Sagittarius is a force augmentation exoskeleton designed to offload 75lbs of payload from an able-bodied operator. Currently under development, shown here the exoskeleton is compensating for its own weight while allowing an operator to move freely.
Liquid Cooled Viscoelastic Leg System - Comprehensive Testing Apptronik 2017-11-09 | We design, build, and empirically test a robotic leg prototype using a new type of high performance device dubbed a viscoelastic liquid cooled actuator (VLCA). VLCAs excel in the following five critical axes of performance, which are essential for dynamic locomotion of legged systems: energy efficiency, torque density, mechanical robustness, position and force controllability. We first study the design objectives and choices of the VLCA to enhance the performance on the needed criteria. We follow by an investigation on viscoelastic materials in terms of their damping, viscous and hysteresis properties as well as parameters related to the long-term performance. As part of the actuator design, we configure a disturbance observer to provide high-fidelity force control to enable a wide range of impedance control capabilities. After designing the VLCA, we proceed to design a robotic system capable to lift payloads of 32.5 kg, which is three times larger than its own weight. In addition, we experiment with Cartesian trajectory control up to 2 Hz with a vertical range of motion of 32 cm while carrying a payload of 10 kg. Finally, we perform experiments on impedance control by studying the response of the leg testbed to hammering impacts and external force interactions.
Power and Proprioception Advancements with the Draco P1 Liquid Cooled Leg Apptronik 2017-08-28 | This video reports R&D progress on increasing the power capabilities of the Draco liquid cooled leg. The leg is currently able to lift 70 lbs (32 Kg) at relatively high speeds.
Draco leg at ONR expo Apptronik 2017-07-21 | The Apptronik/UT Draco leg is a prototype robotic leg aimed at advancing high power high efficiency robotic locomotion. It uses a combination of newly developed viscoelastic liquid cooled actuation, optimized kinematic linkages, and advanced embedded algorithms to safely sustain high speeds with a test 20lbs payload.www.apptronik.com
