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Behind the Scenes

A closer look at the robot’s scale, early tests, and repairs along the way.

A sense of scale

A researcher stands on a small stool to reach the raised neck-mounted SRL, with another researcher beside the humanoid. — Reaching the raised SRL

Four team members beside the humanoid and its raised neck-mounted SRL. — The team with Humanoid SRL (Photo: Christa M. Ernst)

Testing together

A researcher checks the SRL motion beside the humanoid. — Hands-on motion checks

The team tests the augmented humanoid in the lab. — Whole-body testing

The team tests a door interaction with the humanoid. — Door-interaction testing

Troubleshooting and repairs

A successful hardware test of the whole-body RL controller trained in simulation. — Whole-body RL sim-to-real test

A control failure during early testing of the bench-mounted SRL. — Early SRL control failure

Hands-on troubleshooting of the back-mounted SRL in the lab. — SRL troubleshooting

The team troubleshoots a robot interaction at a worktable. — Control troubleshooting

The humanoid left arm opened for repair at the workbench. — Repairing the left arm

The team repairs the detached SRL at the workbench. — Repairing the SRL

Early prototypes

Bench-mounted SRL tracking a vertical square with a 2.27 kg payload. — Early testing on the bench

An early SRL prototype mounted on the humanoid. — Early testing on the humanoid

The humanoid-mounted SRL reaches toward a plant. — Exploring overhead reach

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