DocumentCode :
2424244
Title :
Reem-B: An autonomous lightweight human-size humanoid robot
Author :
Tellez, Ricardo ; Ferro, Francesco ; Garcia, Sergio ; Gomez, Esteban ; Jorge, Enric ; Mora, Dario ; Pinyol, Daniel ; Oliver, Joan ; Torres, Oriol ; Velazquez, Jorge ; Faconti, Davide
Author_Institution :
Pal Robot., Barcelona
fYear :
2008
fDate :
1-3 Dec. 2008
Firstpage :
462
Lastpage :
468
Abstract :
This paper introduces the humanoid robot Reem-B, built by Pal robotics as a research platform in the field of service robots. The idea is to produce robots that can help humans and cohabit their environments. For this purpose, the body plan, sensory and actuator system of the robot, as well as its cognitive abilities must be designed to perform real-world tasks including dynamic walking, interaction with people or object recognition and manipulation. Reem-B achieves this scope by using two legs, two strong arms with fingered hands, and a software suite that controls all its degrees of freedom, coordinating them with vision and auditory systems. The main difference with other humanoids of its size is its level of autonomy. Autonomy in this robot has been improved from other robots at three different levels: with an increased battery life (estimated twice of the competitors), with the ability to autonomously navigate in indoor environments while avoiding obstacles, and by integrating all the control systems within the robot itself.
Keywords :
humanoid robots; legged locomotion; robot dynamics; robot vision; service robots; Reem-B; autonomous lightweight human-size humanoid robot; dynamic walking; manipulation; object recognition; obstacle avoidance; service robots; Actuators; Cognitive robotics; Control systems; Human robot interaction; Humanoid robots; Legged locomotion; Manipulator dynamics; Robot kinematics; Robot sensing systems; Service robots;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Humanoid Robots, 2008. Humanoids 2008. 8th IEEE-RAS International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Daejeon
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2821-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2822-9
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICHR.2008.4755995
Filename :
4755995
Link To Document :
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