• New Humanoid: Rollin' Justin Catches Two Flying Balls At Once (Video)

    Friday, April 29th, 2011

    Dr. Serkan Toto is an independent consultant and advisor focusing on Japan’s web, mobile and social gaming industries. Based in Tokyo, he works together with financial institutions and startups worldwide. Serkan has been the Japan contributor for TechCrunch.com since 2008. He is sept-lingual, holds an MBA and is a PhD in economics. → Learn More

    As a German, I can tell you we don’t understand baseball at all, but apparently our robot makers do. A team of researchers at German Aerospace Center (DLR) has developed Rollin’ Justin, a humanoid whose most spectacular skill is that he can catch two flying balls thrown in his direction at the same time.

    Justin’s makers say he can catch balls with more than 80% accuracy. For that, they equipped the 45kg robot with a 3D camera system, 43 joints (5 in his torso, 7 in each arm plus 12 in each hand), and a total of 84 sensors.

    You can watch Justin in action in this (very cool) video:

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