The Robot Alpha 1 is a feeling Ubtech

In recent years, robotics has made amazing strides and have seen companies like ABB robotics, Cyberdyne, Google, through Boston Dynamics and Amazon show the world that robots will be part of our societies, either through drones will deliver products directly to home or robots that will rescue people from fires, or natural disasters. For this reason Digital Torrente wants to offer more robotic related analysis, not only drones with GPS and others, but also humanoid robots such as the UBTECH Alpha 1s Ubtech company.

Ubtech is a China company which has generated much attention with his first two robots Alpha 1 and its big brother the Alpha 2. In addition to this the company is about to bring to market its educational robot Jimu which offers many possibilities as to programming and processing, such as Lego Mindstorms.

The Alpha 1 is the first creation of Ubtech and one of his best-known both in China and abroad humanoid robots, but the Alpha 2 is the new star of the show. Not long ago, during the celebration of Chinese New Year, Ubtech organized a grand ball in masses of their robots; which accompanied by famous singers made their debut on national television in China.

The Alpha 1 robot is a humanoid robot, ie this is made in the likeness of human beings and emulates our movements and methods of communication through sounds and gestures. In terms of design, this is very sophisticated and elegant. Virtually no right angles, is more curved on its surface and hold it feels great. The components used in their construction are high quality from plastic to metal.

Transporting the Alpha 1 is not difficult, as this only weighs 1.65kg which is an ideal weight, as this manages to stay firmly in place in windy conditions, but at the same time allows us to move from one place to another without difficulty any. Most weight comes from the joints which are composed of servos.

The range of motion and stability of the Alpha 1 are impressive. Of course there are very advanced robots which move in great way, but overall the development of motor skills in robots is quite complex, especially in the case of bipedalism. Alpha 1 The robot can not only walking but can move quickly from side to side keeping balance. In addition, this fails to take complex positions as Kung Fu movement on one foot. Those responsible for this stability and range of motion in addition to the internal program the robot, are its 16 joints which are driven by high-precision servo.

One of the easiest things that Alpha 1 offers is its control system. All control occurs through an APP that can install on a mobile or tablet. This APP is compatible with Android and iOS. To connect the robot with the mobile device used Bluetooth 4. The APP application, comes with everything needed to control each of the movements of the Alpha 1. This also allows us to download new moves, set alarms with movements or movement sequences, etc. The community of users of Alpha 1 can share these movements that have created and these can be downloaded through the application.

Once you have already covered all available actions or movements want to program their own movements or movement sequences. To do this you can use a computer program that will allow them to program. It is possible that some people feel intimidated, thinking they can not program; but Ubtech has already thought of this and has created a programming interface that anyone can use, so they will not have problems with this. The Alpha 1 has a USB port, allowing you to connect it to the computer when you want to program more movements.

In any electronic system remote control whether drones, remote control cars or robots, batteries are very important. The Alpha 1 robot is equipped with a 2200mAh 7.4V and according Ubtech Airtime allows 60 minutes which is more than enough. Of course, the battery is internal, so it is not possible to have multiple batteries and change them once one ends. That detail would be nice, but I think the fact that battery life is therefore not essential that they are interchangeable.

To most people who have shown them the Alpha 1 robot have been surprised by their abilities and have found them very funny dances and many of the phrases that the Alpha 1 says. I think in general most families will receive this new member with open arms and would be very interesting to see how they react pets once they are with Alpha 1.

In my opinion the only thing that seems to be missing is responding to Alpha environment; is not only execute commands, which makes it very well, but also have sensors capable of detecting light, sound, or proximity and react to these changes with different movements or sounds. This would make it virtually a human, but I guess that would include similar functionality influence on the price, which is already somewhat high.

There is no doubt that the Alpha 1 robot will win a special place in the hearts of many people. How easy it is to control, along with its incredible stability, range of motion and programming possibilities allow a well wide audience interested in it. The only thing that lacks Alpha 1 is the response to the environment, which will be at its big brother the Alpha 2.

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