Now all sorts of commercial companies, research organizations and government offices are developing a large number of robots. Many of them at the same time are made more or less similar to a person (two hands, two legs, a body, sometimes even a head). These robots already know how to walk, run and even play musical instruments. However, among the proposed options, there are quite a few that can maintain balance.
Push, and the robot falls. Recently, another humanoid robot was presented (although its humanity is limited by the lack of a head), which very well maintains balance. And he does this somehow very humanly. Personally, such a robot reminded me of a child, since small children react like this to an imbalance. ')
It was developed by organizations such as the Department of Advanced Robotics and Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia. The project itself is called "Compliant Humanoid COMAN". The goal of the project is to develop such a construction of a humanoid robot that would be more or less resistant to external influences (shocks, a wobbling horizontal surface), plus it would be flexible.
The design uses a number of sensors and sensors to ensure that the robot correctly determines its location in space, and correctly responds to changes. Its developers demonstrate the capabilities of the robot in the video below. I think many will be interested to evaluate the skills COMAN.