Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition

A nonprofit Florida research institute and a leading team in humanoid-robot walking control.

IHMC was founded in 1990 by Kenneth Ford and others on the campus of the University of West Florida, headquartered in Pensacola, Florida, as a nonprofit institute within the Florida State University System, researching artificial intelligence, robotics, exoskeletons, and human performance. Its best-known robotics work is bipedal walking and whole-body control: in the DARPA Robotics Challenge, IHMC used Boston Dynamics' hydraulic Atlas to win first place in the virtual round, then took second place at the 2015 final. The team has long open-sourced its humanoid whole-body control and walking software, used on platforms including Atlas and NASA's Valkyrie, and it also researches walking-assistance exoskeletons for people with paraplegia, competing in the first Cybathlon in 2016.

ExampleAt the DARPA Robotics Challenge final, IHMC's Atlas fell and was damaged but still completed its tasks, taking second place.

Also called

IHMC

Related

DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) · Boston Dynamics Atlas (Hydraulic) · NASA Valkyrie (R5) · Whole-Body Control · Exoskeleton

Sources

Wikipedia: Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition
IHMC Robotics

As of

2016