~€250,000Built to order by IIT for research labs (per Wikipedia)
AvailableZMP / IK gaitChild-sizedTactile skinOpen source
Weeks+Shipping: Built to order. Built by IIT for research institutions on request; months of lead time.
Overview
A child-sized open-source humanoid created by the EU RobotCub consortium to study embodied cognition, with dexterous hands and tactile skin. About thirty units are in labs, mostly in Europe. It is the research standard for developmental robotics rather than locomotion, although later versions walk.
Specifications
| Category | Bipeds · Research & legacy bipeds |
|---|---|
| Released | 2008 |
| Availability | Available |
| Programmability | Open source (hardware + software) |
| Best for | Professionals & labs |
| Vision sensors | Camera |
| Actuators | Mixed |
| Audio | Microphone |
| Compute type | x86 PC (Intel / AMD) |
| Balance type | ZMP / IK gait |
| Height | ~1.04 m |
| Weight | ~33 kg (est.) |
| Compute | On-board PC104 / embedded PC with CAN bus |
| Speed | Not published |
| DOF | 53 |
| Sensors | Stereo cameras, mics, IMU, force/torque sensors, tactile skin |
| Balance | Torque-controlled whole-body balancing and ZMP/MPC walking developed in research papers. |
| SDK | YARP middleware, open-source (GPL) hardware and software |
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