A lighter and more efficient redesign of IIT’s disaster robot can fight industrial fires Photo: IIT/WALK-MAN Project Since the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals in June of 2015, roboticists at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) have been working to improve the capabilities of their custom made humanoid disaster robot, WALK-MAN. WALK-MAN is part of a much larger European Commission-funded project, which involves a variety of research institutes and universities all contributing to the development of different aspects of the robot, from simulation to perception to locomotion to manipulation. After a solid five years of work, the WALK-MAN project is now at its final validation phase, and it’s gotten one last major upgrade to help it prepare to be helpful in the disasters we’re certain to have in the future. For background on WALK-MAN, make sure and check out this in-depth article that we posted in 2015, just before the DRC. The Continuer la lecture New WALK-MAN Robot Is Slimmer, Quicker, Better at Quenching Your Flames→