A small humanoid robot capable of carrying out domestic and professional functions and has a low, if the project goes through as expected, close to that of a scooter. In design it was the IITs, Italian Institute of Technology, who has christened R1 (name that inevitably leads to the robot Artoo , that is, R2, Star Wars) and defined your personal humanoid , ie the subjective humanoid. It is a Italian design robot, with variable height from 125 to 140 centimeters (the body is extendable and also the arms, the latter of 13 cm).
It weighs 50 pounds and is made for the 50% plastic and 50% carbon fiber and metal. R1, as mentioned, is designed to operate in domestic and professional environments with features such as, for example, receptionist, guide, hospital and domestic worker assistant. The robot is also the result of the collaboration between IIT and the direction of technology and innovation at IBM Italy in relation to the implementation of artificial intelligence and cognitive computing applications.
the technology that has allowed to fabricate the first prototype is derived from that which led to the realization of the iCUB robot, always created by Iit, which is the humanoid for the most widespread research in the world and of which R1 is a simplified version, so to say, and certainly less expensive.
the R1 prototype, in fact, it costs about 50 thousand Euros but the goal is to bring in industrial production on a large scale within 12-18 months, with the involvement of private investors. This will further reduce the robot costs, according to the technical research center of Genoa, should get to have a price similar to the current of a scooter.
The new robot, said in a statement, “it is designed by studying human responses during interaction with him.” For this was done “work in collaboration with designers, creative and neuroscientists, to understand what aspects of shape and movement of the robot make it seem more” human “.”
His intelligence artificial “it is designed and developed directly sull’umanoide”. It ‘has a newly developed body, in which they are used, currently for 50% of the structure, plastic materials. Future versions will incorporate smart materials, such as graphene-based, or biodegradable, more sophisticated sensors, more efficient batteries and circuits built in the same structure of the robot. “
R1 has been made just 16 months, thanks to the collaboration of a team of 22 scientists and technicians from IITs led by Giorgio Metta, a few of the Genoese industrial designers, and a group of industrial & amp; graphic designers, illustrators, and entertainment experts coming from two different creative realities: one in Milan, who has followed the development of the creative concept and the identification of the interaction and market scenarios, coordinated by Andrea Pagnin and Luigi Focanti to 14.6 Creative Licensing. The other, of Barcelona, coordinated by Pierpaolo Congiu Drop Innovation, who has collaborated with the Milanese reality for the realization of the design of humanoid surfaces.
The face is made up of R1 from one color lED screen, whose stylized faces give the robot expressions useful to non-verbal communication with the man. Staying in the belly, moreover, the three computers that govern the robot’s capabilities, by calculating the movement of the head and control of sensors.
A wireless card allows the robot to connect to the Internet , obtaining useful information to its interaction with the man or upgrades of its software. Hands and forearms of the robot are covered with an artificial skin, or a sensor that gives the robot touch, allowing him to perceive the interaction with the objects they manipulate.
Finally, respond to safety standards, all of R1 motors and couplings have a kind of clutch that controls the movement of the robot, attenuandolo, during impacts.
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