Care-O-bot 4

Name: Care-O-bot 4
Rating: 4.2 (4134 reviews)

A robot with a black circular head with two glowing blue eyes, and two white hands on a wheeled base. — Care-O-bot 4 can perform a wide range of tasks. Photo: Fraunhofer IPA

Care-O-bot 4 is a mobile service robot designed to help people. It can work in museums or grocery stores to answer questions, or fetch objects as your home robotic butler.

Creators

Fraunhofer IPA and Mojin Robotics

Year

2015

Country

Germany 🇩🇪

Categories

Features

Care-O-bot is here to help you. Video: Fraunhofer IPA

Did you know?

The first Care-O-bot 4 to be employed in retail is named "Paul."

A couple walks behind the wheeled robot in a store. — Care-O-bot will help you with your groceries. Photo: Media-Saturn

The robot holds a flower out to a seated woman. — This robot's a real gentleman. Photo: Fraunhofer IPA

More Images

A robot holds a beer out to one of two seated men. — Care-O-bot 3, the robot butler we all dream of. Photo: Fraunhofer IPA

A robot holds a display up to an elderly man taking his blood pressure. — Care-O-bot helps gather medical information. Photo: Fraunhofer IPA

A display on the robots arm shows a video call to an elderly woman. — Care-O-bot helps you phone home. Photo: Fraunhofer IPA

Specs

Overview: Touchscreen head. Microphone for speech recognition. Cameras for facial and gesture recognition. Spherical joints around pivot points on hips. One-finger hand with integrated sensors. Modular.
Status: Ongoing
Year: 2015
Website: care-o-bot.de/en/care-o-bot-4.html
Width: 72 cm
Height: 148 cm
Length: 72 cm
Weight: 140 kg
Speed: 4.3 km/h
Sensors: Mobile base: three safety laser scanners with safety programmable logic controller (PLC). Torso: three 2.5D sensors. Sensor ring with custom sensing configuration including SICK Visionary-T and Intel RealSense.
Actuators: Mobile base: six Wittenstein motors. Arms: Schunk PowerBalls (PRL100, ERB145, ERB115). Spherical joint: two Maxon motors.
Degrees of Freedom (DoF): 23 (Base: 2 DoF; Arm: 7 DoF x 2; Gripper: 2 DoF x 2; Torso Spherical Joint: 2 DoF; Sensor ring: 1 DoF)
Materials: Steel, aluminium, copper, 3D-printed parts, silicone mold covers, PMMA, glass.
Compute: Intel i7 NUC PCs
Software: Ubuntu Linux OS, Python control application, Robot Operating System (ROS)
Power: 40-Ah lithium-ion battery pack, 5 hours of autonomous operation
Cost: $66,000 to $232,000 (depending on configuration)