REEM-C

A shiny white robot with a simple face involving two eyes, and two sensors in its forehead. It's black and white arm ends in a five digit hand, which the robot holds up.
High five! Photo: PAL Robotics

REEM-C is a bipedal humanoid designed as a research platform to study navigation, vision, AI, and human-robot interaction. It has modular hardware and versatile software architecture to adapt to different requirements.

Creator

PAL Robotics

Year
2013
Country
Spain 🇪🇸
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Did you know?

REEM-C can dance, slowly.

A man in a black suit and orange tie puts his arm around a white and black humanoid robot that is only slightly shorter than him.
REEM-C and PAL Robotics CEO Francesco Ferro. Photo: PAL Robotics
Close up of the robots face showing multiple sensors. It's hands are resting on either side of its face.
"My head is full of sensors." Photo: PAL Robotics

Specs

Overview

Capable of lifting 10-kilogram payloads with both arms, or 1-kg payloads with a single arm stretched. Fully electrical. ROS-enabled. Can navigate autonomously, and dynamically walk and climb stairs. Programmable for high-level tasks based on whole-body control algorithms. Has visual and speech recognition, and human-robot interaction skills. Upgradeable and customizable modular design. Wi-Fi and Ethernet connectivity.

Status

Ongoing

Year

2013

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Width
60 cm
Height
165 cm
Weight
80 kg
Speed
1.5 km/h
Sensors

Two 6-axis force/torque sensors in each ankle. Stereo and back cameras for vision. Four linear array microphones. Four sonar sensors (torso, head). Optional expansions include 6-axis force/torque sensors in wrists, lasers on feet, and additional inertial measurement units (IMU).

Actuators

22 brushless DC motors and 14 brushed DC motors

Degrees of Freedom (DoF)
68 (Leg: 6 DoF x 2; Arm: 7 DoF x 2; Waist: 2 DoF; Neck: 2 DoF; Hand: 19 DoF x 2)
Compute

Two Intel Core i7 CPUs

Software

Ubuntu Linux OS, ROS LTS, OROCOS, Gazebo simulation and URDF model, Real-time ros_control loop at 200 Hz, MoveIt!

Power

48-V, 1225-Wh lithium-ion battery, 3 hours of operation walking, 6 hours of operation on standby

Cost
€300,000 (approximately)