Olivia
![A white cylindrical robot which is wider at its black base has a display screen on its torso, two hands with five black fingers each, and a simple black and white face. A ring of purple light at its neck and the bottom of it's torso are glowing.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/7p2whiua/production/073f9efe2bafff53f5ea0788fa7bd7d7be5a53cc-2048x1536.jpg?w=900&auto=format)
Olivia is a humanoid robot designed to test social robotics technologies. It's currently used as an office receptionist that can greet visitors and provide information.
- Creator
- Year
- 2009
- Country
- Singapore 🇸🇬
- Categories
- Features
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Did you know?
Olivia's head appears to float over a ring of light.
![Two children and their mom interact with the robot at a trade fair.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/7p2whiua/production/6d75e2348af6707fc3cb5f8904d2dfdb116c266d-2048x1536.jpg?w=900&auto=format)
![Close up of the robots face shows two eye cameras, and one on its forehead.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/7p2whiua/production/604ef88b45ec4ac6b4f1f391e30fc2aa461a6c60-2048x1536.jpg?rect=512,0,1020,1536&w=900&auto=format)
Specs
- Overview
Capable of displaying emotions, including happiness and sadness. Equipped with speech recognition and synthesis and 3D sound localization.
- Status
Inactive
- Year
2009
- Website
- Width
- 65 cm
- Height
- 160 cm
- Length
- 85 cm
- Weight
- 152 kg
- Sensors
Point Grey Bumblebee stereo camera, DVN1501 camera, eight microphones for sound localization, four microphones for speech detection, Hokuyo URG-04LX laser range finder.
- Actuators
Harmonic drive servo actuators
- Degrees of Freedom (DoF)
- 26 (Neck: 2 DoF; Shoulder: 3 DoF x 2; Elbow: 1 DoF x 2; Wrist: 2 DoF x 2; Hand: 6 DoF x 2)
- Materials
ABS plastic exterior
- Compute
Intel 2.8 GHz Core i7 processor and 1.2 GHz Atom processor.
- Software
Windows XP and Linux
- Power
24-V 90-Ah lead-acid batteries