Affordable universal humanoid for industrial use (~500eur)

[acke]

I am seeking universal humanoid robot for industrial use - for house cleaning, food processing, textile handling and so on. The robot should not be aesthetically pleasant or it should not have to have affective computing capabilities, it should not have high tolerance for great weights and stress. But it should have quite universal hands and legs (locomotion), it should have some sensors and possibilities for remote controlling and programming. I would like to have robot with sensors and actuators and I would like to program it myself. I guess - the programming and control is the hardest part of teaching the robot new skills.

My budget is around 500-800 eur, maybe I can stretch even 1000eur, but no more. Are there such models available somewhere in the world?

If there are no such options available then I would be happy to know about a little bit pricier models which I can train and use in virtual environments, like Gazeebo simulator.

[scharette]

Hi,

Here are answers to your questions and comments:

@acke

I am seeking universal humanoid robot for industrial use - for house cleaning, food processing, textile handling and so on.

Unfortunately, this is not something that is possible at this time with current technology in a way that is cost effective. You may be aware of various robots that perform some of those tasks, such as:
folding: youtube.com/watch?v=rl7iNRdTncQ (~16000 $)
folding: youtube.com/watch?v=2Uay9hzwusk (~ 980$)
food making: iflscience.com/technology/robot-chef-home-could-arrive-2017/ (~15000 $)
cleaning (vaccums): robotshop.com/en/robot-vacuums.html
cleaning (windows): robotshop.com/en/robotic-window-cleaners.html
cleaning (pools): robotshop.com/en/robot-pool-cleaners.html

The reason why these robots are so specific is because general robots (that can do many tasks) are very complicated to make reliably.

@acke

The robot should not be aesthetically pleasant or it should not have to have affective computing capabilities,

Therefore, you want a robot that is simply a mechanical assembly of actuators? Also, handling the balancing of such a robot will most certainly need on-board computing capability, as doing this remotely (ex: over WiFi, Bluetooth, etc.) would most likely be too slow to be effective (not to mention too unreliable).

@acke

it should not have high tolerance for great weights and stress.

You mention “industrial use” and house cleaning, food processing, textile handling, which in a robotics sense would mean the ability to produce quite a bit of force to achieve most of these tasks. Simple tasks to humans are actually quite complex to do in robotics effectively.

@acke

But it should have quite universal hands and legs (locomotion),

Here are some examples of simple hands that we offer:
robotshop.com/en/mechax-robot-right-hand-upgraded.html
robotshop.com/en/qbhand-robot-hand.html
robotshop.com/en/robotiq-adaptive-gripper.html (this one is a high quality, industrial grade gripper hand)
robotshop.com/en/brunel-robot-hand-right.html

@acke

I guess - the programming and control is the hardest part of teaching the robot new skills.

Actually, the whole thing is a complex project (mechanical, electrical, control, etc.). Indeed, each “task” you may want to do may end up being its own complex project.

@acke

My budget is around 500-800 eur, maybe I can stretch even 1000eur, but no more. Are there such models available somewhere in the world?

As you can see above, even simple parts of what you are aiming at are quite expensive. Humanoid-sized robots that are fully automated typically run well over 200 k$.

@acke

If there are no such options available then I would be happy to know about a little bit pricier models which I can train and use in virtual environments, like Gazeebo simulator.

We recommend that you have a look at our humanoid robots available here.

Sincerely,