IHMC First Iteration (summer '09)
Bucknell First Iteration (summer '09)
Bucknell Second Iteration (senior design '10)
There are several iterations of the robot head. The first two iterations were developed in the summer of 2009: one by Matthew Kandler '10 and Daniel Snyder '10 while working at the IHMC Robot Lab, and the other by William Rittase '10 and Henry Sirot at Bucknell University.
Currently, there is a senior design group at Bucknell consisting of Scott Bevan, Matthew Kandler, Danielle Renzi, and William Rittase under the supervision of Professor Steve Shooter. This new iteration is designed to address the flaws of the past two designs and add several new characteristics while enhancing others.
The original intention of the robot head was to provide stable vision for the biped that could be used by an operator or for collection data. As the project has carried forward the scope has grown to include features such as stereovision, 3-D mapping, and telepresence.