March 23, 2010
Robovie mR2: The Robot with an iPod Touch for a Heart
A smaller and "cuter" version of Robovie R2, which is primarily developed by Reo Matsumura, has been unveiled by ATR (Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute) Intelligent Robotics & Communications Lab. The Robovie mR2 is a robot which works by popping an iPod Touch into it, at which point you'll be able to control it either via the touchscreen or over Wi-Fi.
The Robovie-mR2 actually looks cute on your desktop and is small enough to fit perfectly on your desk. It stands only 30cm (about 1 foot) tall, weighs 2kg (4.4 lbs) and has an iPod Touch dock in its chest. It comes equipped with a super-compact CCD camera, 2 microphones, and a speaker for its communication purposes.
It has 18 degrees of freedom including moving eyeballs (2 eyes x3; head x 3; 2 arms x4; waist x1) and is powered by 2 JR Propo DS-326 servo motors, 4 Vstone VS-281J servos, and 2 Futaba S3102 servos.
Click here to read more about Robovie mR2.
Written by: John
Filed Under: Robotics
Tags: Advanced Telecommunications, Ccd Camera, Communication Purposes, Communications Lab, Degrees Of Freedom, Desk, Eyeballs, Futaba, Intelligent Robotics, Ipod Touch, Jr Propo, Matsumura, Microphones, R2, Robot, Servo Motors, Telecommunications Research, Touchscreen, Wi Fi, X1
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