Telenoid
![Close-up of Telenoid, a humanoid robot the size of small child, with a soft torso with a bald head, a doll-like face, and stumps in place of limbs.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/7p2whiua/production/f9098d8e4b641763b06011c50d5fd4527a8d5cf5-2048x1536.jpg?w=900&auto=format)
Telenoid is a robotic communications device. You connect to the robot over the Internet, and it will transmit your voice and mimic your face and head motions. It's like a mobile phone shaped like an alien.
- Creators
Ishiguro Lab and ATR
- Year
- 2010
- Country
- Japan 🇯🇵
- Categories
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Did you know?
Telenoid was designed by Hiroshi Ishiguro, who also designed the Geminoid robots.
![Telenoid is a humanoid robot the size of small child, with a soft torso with a bald head, a doll-like face, and stumps in place of limbs. Its bottom half tapers to a point instead of legs.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/7p2whiua/production/1f906462f90a1dbd2ef88af646cbcb8b9f726aa0-2048x1536.jpg?w=900&auto=format)
![An elderly Asian woman hugs a Telenoid robot while a younger man looks on.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/7p2whiua/production/c09e59ddfbe4e8ec8240c8fb4780182aa5ea2c3a-2048x1536.jpg?w=900&auto=format)
History
The Telenoid R1 was created at Osaka University by a team led by Hiroshi Ishiguro. The goal was to design a telepresence robot that could reproduce the voice and movements of a remote operator. Ishiguro is known for his lifelike androids that look like real people, including a robot replica of himself that he named Geminoid HI-1 and a smiling female android called Geminoid F. But the Telenoid is quite different, featuring a minimalistic design. The size of small child, the robot has a soft torso with a bald head, a doll-like face, and stumps in place of limbs. In 2011, Ishiguro unveiled Elfoid, a pocket-size version of the Telenoid that could operate as a cellphone.
![Two Telenoid robots with soft flesh-colored torsos and doll-like faces are pressed together.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/7p2whiua/production/2285747a6430cefe491e14998dcace33dea6fc66-2048x1536.jpg?w=900&auto=format)
![Two robots with soft flesh-colored torsos and doll-like faces are pressed together while held by two men.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/7p2whiua/production/3f8a4ca063870a468ea8ec9d72f879065b732282-2048x1536.jpg?w=900&auto=format)
More Images
![Two people look at a mini Telenoid, which fits in the palm of a hand.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/7p2whiua/production/f0a2e997a8218bbb895f5aabbeee5854cc1f8620-2048x1536.jpg?w=900&auto=format)
![Three views of Elfoid show its skin, plastic shell and circuitboard insides.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/7p2whiua/production/c4dabbb13ad1e86945499905eaf9c63c926a922b-2048x1536.jpg?w=900&auto=format)
Specs
- Overview
Minimal design with body intended to appear either male or female, old or young.
- Status
Inactive
- Year
2010
- Website
- Width
- 30 cm
- Height
- 80 cm
- Weight
- 5 kg
- Sensors
Camera, two microphones.
- Actuators
Nine servomotors
- Degrees of Freedom (DoF)
- 12 (Eye: 3 DoF x 2; Mouth: 1 DoF; Neck: 3 DoF; Arm: 1 DoF x 2)
- Materials
Plastic skull, metal skeleton, urethane foam filling, and silicone or soft vinyl skin.
- Compute
On-board ARM7 CPU for motor control. External PC for teleoperation.
- Software
Custom teleoperation system
- Power
External DC power supply