Nextage
![A two-armed robot with a white, gray, orange body.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/7p2whiua/production/ae0eb79710cd4a6e00dae6b4e133cef06ba8469f-2048x1536.jpg?w=900&auto=format)
The Nextage is a factory robot intended to operate safely around people. It has two arms and multiple cameras and can partner with (or take over from) humans at different step-by-step assembly tasks.
- Creator
- Year
- 2009
- Country
- Japan 🇯🇵
- Categories
- Features
Did you know?
Nextage robots are easy to move around, since each one sits on its own little trolley cart.
![The robot and a human clothed in a hat and worker jumpsuit stand in front of a cart.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/7p2whiua/production/3292638de675a79c62ede965a83ce76d0170ce55-2048x1536.jpg?w=900&auto=format)
![Three Nextage robots manipulate objects on a green surface at a trade fair.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/7p2whiua/production/e1ec41640e0cb82bdf7589b438dc74be2e8aaa52-2048x1536.jpg?w=900&auto=format)
Specs
- Overview
Equipped with cameras on its head and hands. Capable of lifting 1.5 kg (3.3 lb) on each hand. Position repeatability within 0.03 mm.
- Status
Ongoing
- Year
2009
- Website
- Width
- 59.7 cm
- Height
- 71.4 cm
- Length
- 27 cm
- Weight
- 28 kg
- Sensors
Stereo camera in the head and additional cameras in the hands.
- Actuators
Motors with up to 80 watts
- Degrees of Freedom (DoF)
- 15 (Arm: 6 DoF x 2; Neck: 2 DoF; Waist: 1 DoF)
- Compute
Intel Atom CPU and digital servo controllers with CORBA and Ethernet interface.
- Software
QNX real-time OS
- Power
85-V to 264-V AC power supply