Robotics Technology Center

Robovie-IV: For Robot-Human Society

“Through the accumulation of experimental research in our office as well as at a Science Museum, we are beginning to understand the communication features that are necessary for a robot to easily participate in our society. So, in the near future, we will be able to create a robot that can support us in our daily life,” that is the future plan of Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories, the makers of Robovie-IV.

Robovie-IV is a platform for research which has various communication functionalities such as voice dialog and skin sensing. It has a Human Position Recognition by RF Tag and Laser Range Sensor and can change wheeled inverted pendulum mode to normal wheeled mode.

Here are some of its specifications:

Freedom: 3 on head （2 for each eye), 4 for each chest, 2 for wheel up and down, 4 for assist wheel

Sensor: 4 for amnidirection, 2 for Color CCD camera, 1 for Microphone, 56 for skin sensor(whole body), 2 for posture sensor

Movement: wheeled inverted pendulum mechanism and PWS with four casters

Built-in PC : CPU:Pentium-M 2GHz OS:Linux

Power Supply : DC 24V (Ni-Cd)

Click here to read more about Robovie-IV, Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories.