Rosie

Name: Rosie
Rating: 3.8 (392 reviews)

A vertical rectangular box on wheels supports two industrial orange arms and hands with four fingers. The robots head is composed of cameras and a sensor bar. — This Rosie doesn't look anything like the "Jetsons" one. Photo: IAS Group/TUM

Rosie is a research robot that has four-fingered hands, an omnidirectional mobile base, and a wide variety of sensors. It's designed to undertake many of the household chores that humans hate to do.

Creator

Technical University Munich (TUM)

Year

2009

Country

Germany 🇩🇪

Categories

Features

Did you know?

Rosie knows how to autonomously make pancakes and sausages.

A robot with two advanced industrial arms pours batter onto a hotplate with one four fingered hand, and holds a spatula with the other. — Rosie can make pancakes. Photo: Kurt Fuchs/CoTeSys

A robot with two advanced industrial arms uses kitchen tools to place four sausages into a bowl. — Rosie prepares sausage for a traditional Bavarian breakfast. Photo: IAS Group/TUM

More Images

The robot stands in the kitchen over a hot pot. One hand holds a ladle. There is a plate of food on the counter. — Rosie, don't burn yourself. Photo: Michael Memminger/CoTeSys

Specs

Overview: Design based on commercially available industrial and research components. Equipped with compliant arms and hands. Realistic kitchen lab included.
Status: Inactive
Year: 2009
Website: ias.in.tum.de/research
Width: 70 cm
Height: 190 cm
Length: 90 cm
Weight: 300 kg
Speed: 7.2 km/h
Sensors: Two high-resolution cameras, thermal camera, three laser scanners, mini cameras in the fingertips, Microsoft Kinect.
Actuators: Two DLR-Kuka LWR arms with DLR-HIT hands.
Degrees of Freedom (DoF): 45 (Arm: 7 DoF x 2; Hand: 13 DoF x 2; Head: 2 DoF; Base: 3 DoF)
Materials: Carbon fiber, aluminum, 3D-printed parts.
Compute: Two PCs each with two Intel Xeon 2.4 GHz CPUs and 12 GB RAM.
Software: CRAM (Cognitive Robot Abstract Machine) and CogMan (Cognitive Manipulation) software platforms.
Power: 48-V 110-Ah lead-acid batteries
Cost: Priceless (as reported by the robot's creators)