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For the latest Tbot webpage, including photos and videos of the larger Tbot 1.0, go to:
http://www.shervinemami.co.cc/tbot.html

Below is some older videos and news articles, some of which are on the main webpage mentioned above.

Old videos of Tbot 0.2

(right-click 'Save As..' on each of the videos). The robot is somewhat confidential so please don't post it all over Youtube or anything.

Oct 5 2006: Indoor Balance (3.7MB video) 2nd time balancing itself on the spot.

Oct 7 2006: Back Flip (5.6MB quicktime video) REALLY funny video of the first time we tried the robot balancing itself outside, and it did a backflip! Notice how scared the guy from MIT was :-)

Oct 7 2006: Jumping Bricks (3.7MB video) First time it tried going over an obstacle.

Apr 5 2007: Single Step (1.4MB quicktime video) Climbing over a single step slowly.

Apr 6 2007: Slow stairs (5.0MB quicktime video) Climbing over a set of stairs slowly.

Apr 23 2007: Fast stairs (1.3MB quicktime video) Climbing quickly over a set of stairs.

Jul 13 2007: FOX News Broadcast

Jul 13 2007: CNN News Broadcast

Jul 13 2007: WKRG News Broadcast (Requires MS Internet Explorer)

Tbot 1.0 robot (more photos and videos at http://www.shervinemami.co.cc/tbot.html):


Tbot 0.2 robot:


Tbot is developed at IHMC by Jerry Pratt, Peter Neuhaus, Tim Hutcheson, Shervin Emami, Victor Ragusila and John Rebula.