Roboy
![A child-like skeletal robot sits on a block. It's musculature and electronics are exposed. Its head is egg shaped with glowing blue eyes and mouth.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/7p2whiua/production/3438be6f106f90165ae9e813f3fc6a649a311f7e-2048x1536.jpg?w=900&auto=format)
Roboy is a humanoid robot designed as a platform for robotics research, in particular humanlike musculoskeletal actuation. It's open source, and its body is 3D-printed and easy to reproduce.
- Creator
- Year
- 2013
- Country
- Switzerland 🇨🇭
- Categories
- Features
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Did you know?
Roboy moves using artificial muscles and tendons much like those of humans.
![The robot is seen in the dark so that its blue eyes and red lips glow.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/7p2whiua/production/5c396b61f897a62402b3f7fde86987eb0f584327-2048x1536.jpg?w=900&auto=format)
![Close-up of the robots glowing pink eyes and downturned mouth.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/7p2whiua/production/0d9a656f63a1ce05f2b1603e14e7da36d2eb98bf-2048x1536.jpg?w=900&auto=format)
More Images
![The robots expression appears happy.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/7p2whiua/production/3a757c72fc4923ac200b9d4e7861f5a315c7c3a8-2048x1536.jpg?w=900&auto=format)
![Close-up of the robots torso with skeletal and musculature exposed.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/7p2whiua/production/8af967e0d8520b37b61d6879ee728f502ab0ff2d-2048x1536.jpg?w=900&auto=format)
![The robots leg has exposed electronics and a circuit board.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/7p2whiua/production/c702960a7e11c2c9af51d6cde53dbb449840d3d3-2048x1536.jpg?rect=474,162,1103,1374&w=900&auto=format)
Specs
- Overview
Open hardware and software. Human-like muscle and tendon structures. Able to understand speech and detect faces.
- Status
Inactive
- Year
2013
- Website
- Width
- 50.7 cm
- Height
- 142 cm
- Sensors
Two cameras and one microphone in the head. Force/tension sensors in most of the 48 motors.
- Actuators
48 brushless DC motors
- Degrees of Freedom (DoF)
- 28 (Head: 3 DoF; Spine and chest: 3 DoF; Arm: 6 DoF x 2; Hand: 1 DoF x 2; Hip and leg: 4 DoF x 2)
- Materials
3D-printed parts for most of the body.
- Compute
Intel-based main computer (on-board mini PC or external PC); 48 ARM-based controller boards for motors.
- Software
Ubuntu OS, Festival, OpenCV, MPlayer, and custom software in C++.
- Power
Standard power supply or batteries.
- Cost
- $500,000 (total project costs; $120,000 estimated to reproduce robot)