• RIL Robots - Walk Without Motors or Electricity

    RIL Robots - Walk Without Motors or Electricity

    Where Are the Walking Robots?The reliance on electricity has put walking robots financially out of reach of consumers. Electricity is the Achilles heel of life-size powered robots. It has handicapped what would otherwise be robots that could benefit humanity. The Honda Asimo walking robot, as an example of the out-of-reach drawback of electricity-powered robots, cost $1 million to build but can only walk for 30 minutes on a battery charge. Moreover, it wouldn’t be anybody’s first thought who might have a spare million dollars laying around, of spending the money on a Honda Asimo. Especially...