Dr Pauline Pounds is an Associate Professor at the University of Queensland, with a wealth of experience in mechatronics research. Her published papers cover topics including aerial drones, high precision sensors and control theory.

Pauline's current research project is a bipedal walking robot she calls the "Tiny Giant Robot", or TGR for short. Inspired by walking mechas of sciencefiction, the key aims of the project are to create a walker that is cheap, accessible and scalable. In this seminar delivered live to UQ MARS members, Pauline discusses the theory behind twolegged robots and shows off the current progress on the build.

Timestamps
00:00 Welcome
01:29 Introduction
04:10 About Bipeds
12:47 Building Some Legged Things
19:36 A Different Approach to Moment Control
25:13 Design and Safety
34:48 The Tiny Giant Robot
41:56 WARNING: Maths Ahead
53:15 Does It Work?
56:44 Demonstration
57:25 Conclusion

This presentation contains footage of Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot, and ETH Zurich's Cubli balancing cube, used for educational purposes.

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