Olivia

Name: Olivia
Rating: 3.8 (565 reviews)

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. — Olivia hears quite well with its 12 microphones. Photo: A*STAR Social Robotics Lab/Asoro

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

A*STAR Social Robotics Lab

Year

2009

Country

Singapore 🇸🇬

Categories

Features

Olivia wants to be your friend. Video: IEEE Spectrum

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. — And it's a chatty robot. Photo: A*STAR Social Robotics Lab/Asoro

Close up of the robots face shows two eye cameras, and one on its forehead. — The robot sees well, too, with three cameras on its face. Photo: A*STAR Social Robotics Lab/Asoro

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: a-star.edu.sg
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