The Osaka Institute of Technology has created a humanoid robot called JoiTech. The robot which is almost as tall as a man - between 1.30 m and 1.60 m - has been designed with the aim of playing football. It made its first appearance at the Japanese 2010 Robocup. JoiTech has 22 degrees of freed…
Mahru is a humanoid robot developed by the Korean Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) in collaboration with Samsung. The idea behind this prototype is to get it to repeat the movements of a human by mimicry. Somebody moves in a certain way and the robot moves in exactly the same manner. …
Here's NAMA - for Novel Articulated Mobile platform - a humanoid robot young lady built by the FIBO Institute in Thailand. The job of NAMO is to welcome people at the University of Technology Thonburi and could even be used in museums as a hostess. The humanoid robot has been created to mark the …
The Technical University of Munich (Germany) and the Institute for Autonomous Systems Technology (TAS) have developed a humanoid robot called LOLA. This prototype has required 6 years of work. It can move autonomously indoors thanks to a sophisticated visual recognition system constantly connect…
The Petman robot by Boston Dynamics is a mobile robot prototype on two legs which moves like a human being. Petman can walk at a speed of 6 km/h. Look closely at how its feet and legs move in slow motion; he walks like a man. Now imagine once this biped robot has been developed without cords, …
Acel by RobotBaka is a small humanoid robot that we really like. Provided with wheels, this mini transformer can ride like a motorcycle with two front wheels and two mini wheels in the feet. It's capable of hitting a ball, running, dancing and moving quickly. The Youtube link of Robotbaka: ht…
Here's a video which shows the full range of the capacities of Bioloid robots. They're dancing here to the song "Sorry, Sorry" (5 humanoids synchronized) and then one of them (transformed into a robot dog) opens the refrigerator so that a second one can help itself to what's inside. N…
AILA is a new humanoid robot prototype presented at Hanover Messe 2010 which is taking place right now in Hanover in Germany (from April 19 to 23). The robot uses RFID and SemProM (Semantic Product Memory) coupled with a 3D camera to grab and carry various objects. Aila is able to remember the …
We were telling you yesterday about the new Robovie R3 robot prototype by ATR-Robotics and Vstone. Well, suddenly today we can finally find videos of this humanoid robot from Japan. As a reminder, the Robovie-R Ver3 is intended to act as a support guide robot for the elderly and people with impa…
After Robovie R2 in the desktop robot version 3 weeks ago, there's now Robovie R3, a full-size version. This humanoid robot is human sized and is intended to support the elderly and handicapped. Designed by ATR and VStone, this prototype moves at a speed of 2.5 km/h and its movements have alrea…
It's historical! Like... the first step on the moon. Well ok, not quite but almost : -) Asimo by Honda and Tsutenkaku have formally met in a memorable face to face meeting. The two humanoid robots were a bit embarrassed at first and it was Tsutenkaku who made the first move. http://www.youtu…
Hiroshi Ishiguro has just created a second version of its Geminoid humanoid robot: the Geminoid F (for 'female'). This female robot is a copy of an attractive woman in her 20s. Unlike the first Geminoid, it only has 12 servo motors in its face (50 for the H1) and 46 degrees of freedom for her bo…
The Japanese laboratory, Kobayashi Lab, at Waseda University is in the process of developing SCHEMA, a new humanoid robot. It's 1.19 m tall and has 14 degrees of freedom, 6 in the arms and 8 in the head. The aim is to create an emotional humanoid. To achieve this, Schema has been given several …
Honda has just unveiled its new model of the Asimo humanoid robot: the P4. Careful though, it's not a new version in the literal sense since this model is based on one developed in 2000. The P4 measures 1.60 m in height like the P3 but it has lost weight: from 130 kg to 80 kg. Asimo P4 has 34 …
Robovie R2 is a little humanoid desktop robot which has an iPod Touch in its stomach which allows instructions to be sent to it. It has a video camera, two microphones and speakers. This prototype, which should be commercialized soon, has been created by IRC (Intelligent Robotics & Communic…
Here is an Optimus Prime (self-robotized character from the film Transformers) which is 2.50 metres tall. It is made of 5000 recyclable parts taken from cars, boats, a dishwasher, motorbike, television and other pieces of metal. It still weighs 550 kg though. Along the same lines as with Robos…
