HRP-4C

Name: HRP-4C
Rating: 2.8 (7051 reviews)

Close-up of a female robot with a realistic appearance including peach skin, pink lips, brown eyes and a black bob hairdo. — HRP-4C's face has silicone skin and eight motors. Photo: AIST

HRP-4C is an adult-size female android with a realistic head. She can walk, sing, and even dance alongside human performers. Its movements are generated by capturing real people in motion.

Creator

AIST

Year

2009

Country

Japan 🇯🇵

Categories

Features

HRP-4C performing live at a trade show. Video: AIST

Did you know?

HRP-4C is a professional robotic fashion model; her first gig was modeling a wedding dress.

Full body front view of the robot. Its body is encased in a silver and black covering, but it's hands and face have the appearance of flesh. — The robot is 1.6 meters (5'3") tall. Photo: AIST

Full body rear view of the robot. Its body is encased in a silver and black covering, but it's hands and face have the appearance of flesh. It poses with hands on its hips. — HRP-4C mimics how humans walk and move. Photo: AIST

More Images

The female robot is seen in a dress dancing on stage and singing into a small microphone headset. Two human females are posed behind it, wearing matching outfits. — HRP-4C sings and dances with performers. Photo: Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images

The robot wears an extravagant wedding dress, veil and headpiece. It holds a bouquet of flowers as it walks down a runway. — The robot models a wedding dress in a 2009 fashion show. Photo: Toru Hanai/Reuters

Specs

Overview: Able to sing using the vocal synthesizer Vocaloid. Equipped with time-tested walking control technologies developed for the HRP series.
Status: Ongoing
Year: 2009
Website: aist.go.jp/sst/en/exhibition/aist_history/history5/index.html
Height: 160 cm
Weight: 46 kg
Speed: 1.8 km/h (walking)
Sensors: Camera, gyroscope, accelerometer, six-axis force sensor.
Actuators: 44 servomotors
Degrees of Freedom (DoF): 44 (Face: 8 DoF; Head: 3 DoF; Arm: 6 DoF x 2; Hand: 2 DoF x 2; Torso: 3 DoF; Leg: 7 DoF x 2)
Materials: Silicone rubber skin (face and hands), hard plastic exterior, metal and plastic frame and skeleton.
Compute: Intel Pentium M 1.6 GHz, wireless network
Software: Real-time Linux OS with RT-middleware and OpenHRP3 robot simulator.
Power: 48-V nickel-metal hydride battery