Bruno
Bruno is a small soccer-playing robot that can run, kick, and pass. Since 2008, it has been helping the Darmstadt Dribblers become one of the deadliest teams in the RoboCup soccer tournament.
- Creators
- Year
- 2010
- Country
- Germany 🇩🇪
- Categories
- Features
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Did you know?
Bruno has been introduced to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. They remain friends.
Specs
- Overview
Capable of running with a dynamic gait, standing up after falls, and faking shots.
- Status
Inactive
- Year
2010
- Website
- Width
- 28 cm
- Height
- 58.5 cm
- Length
- 15 cm
- Weight
- 3.3 kg
- Speed
- 1.55 km/h (max)
- Sensors
Camera, three gyroscopes, three-axis accelerometer.
- Actuators
18 Dynamixel RX-28 actuators and three RX-64 actuators.
- Degrees of Freedom (DoF)
- 21 (Leg: 6 DoF x 2; Arm: 3 DoF x 2; Waist: 1 DoF; Neck: 2 DoF)
- Materials
Mostly aluminum; some parts made with rapid-prototyping methods.
- Compute
CompuLab fit-PC2 with Intel Atom 1.6 GHz and Renesas SuperH 7211 160 MHz microcontroller
- Software
Voyage Linux OS with RT-Preempt real-time patch. Custom software developed in C++ and XABSL.
- Power
2100-mAh lithium-polymer battery, 30 minutes of operation
- Cost
- €15,000 (estimated hardware cost; not for sale)
