Octavia
![The robot has an expressive white face with eyes, nose, mouth, and a glowing square in its forehead. The robot has two arms with jointed human like silver fingers.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/7p2whiua/production/1a0f3cc5a99c4fa8ef88a4f5155cd51b4a3e22c6-2048x1536.jpg?w=900&auto=format)
Octavia is a social humanoid robot with an expressive face and dexterous hands. It's designed to understand how humans perceive, think, and act, using her knowledge to interact naturally with people.
- Creator
- Year
- 2009
- Country
- United States 🇺🇸
- Categories
- Features
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Did you know?
Octavia has two brothers, Lucas and Issac, and several cousins, including Nexi (at MIT) and Cindy (at Tufts University).
![A black wheeled base and boxy torso support the robots expressive white face with eyes, nose, mouth, and a glowing square in its forehead. The robot has two arms with jointed human like silver fingers.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/7p2whiua/production/6774dbaabc75f33667df0f9db7bb7666b67c4b44-2048x1536.jpg?w=900&auto=format)
![Octavia stands at a table holding an object that a man is also gripping. The robot is the same height as the human.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/7p2whiua/production/49aeb1311d0668f1b14ccee318822367098d2024-2048x1536.jpg?w=900&auto=format)
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![The robot stands in the doorway of a fake building spraying water onto a fire inside.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/7p2whiua/production/170e79c685812b13e42eb666be36a18d3715e768-2048x1536.jpg?w=900&auto=format)
![The robot is in a room with many white pipes. It gestures at a man wearing safety headphones and vest.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/7p2whiua/production/d072767ece39b6eaa941b51dd465a6f779ab0729-2048x1536.jpg?w=900&auto=format)
![The human sized wheeled robot is facing many people in a lab.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/7p2whiua/production/448388a2ae03a1bb09290f9d42680a004f8285b0-2048x1536.jpg?w=900&auto=format)
Specs
- Overview
Two-wheel self-balancing base for mobility. Able to use its hands for dexterous object manipulation. Expressive face for social interaction.
- Status
Unknown
- Year
2009
- Website
- Width
- 63.5 cm
- Height
- 175 cm
- Length
- 56 cm
- Weight
- 168 kg
- Speed
- 16 km/h
- Sensors
Two video cameras in the eyes, 3D active infrared/visible camera in the forehead, LIDAR in the mobile base. Optional: 3D passive infrared camera, microphone array, fingertip pressure sensors.
- Actuators
DC motors
- Degrees of Freedom (DoF)
- 45 (Head: 20 DoF; Hand: 7 DoF x 2; Arm: 4 DoF x 2; Torso: 1 DoF; Wheels: 2 DoF)
- Materials
Machined aluminum, plastic.
- Compute
PC/104-based computer for body and base control; Intel PC for sensing.
- Software
Linux and Windows OS, custom control and sensing software, ACT-R/E cognitive architecture.
- Power
36-V lead-acid battery plus two lithium-ion batteries for drive system, 2 hours of operation.