Twendy One

Name: Twendy One
Rating: 4.0 (682 reviews)

A friendly white humanoid on a wheeled mobile base. It has red accents, including four finger gripper hands on its two jointed arms. It's face and torso are simple, with two camera eyes on the head, and sensors in its chest. — Twendy One wants to help you. Photo: Sugano Lab/Waseda University

Twendy One is a humanoid with strong arms, dexterous hands, and a mobile base. It's intended to assist the elderly in their homes by helping them move around and taking care of household tasks.

Creator

Waseda University

Year

2007

Country

Japan 🇯🇵

Categories

Features

How Twendy One can help humans. Video: PlasticPals

Did you know?

Twendy One's predecessor, Wendy, was the first robot to be able to successfully crack an egg.

A friendly white humanoid uses a pair of tongs to extract a piece of bread from a toaster. — Twendy One imposes its will on a lesser machine. Photo: Sugano Lab/Waseda University

A full sized white humanoid holds a tray full of food in it's red hands. — "Breakfast in bed?" Photo: Sugano Lab/Waseda University

More Images

A large white humanoid on a mobile base helps an adult male who is bent over trying to get out of bed. — Twendy One can help a person stand up. Photo: Sugano Lab/Waseda University

Specs

Overview: Equipped with high-performance actuators. Capable of grasping objects of various shapes and assisting a person to stand up and walk.
Status: Inactive
Year: 2007
Website: twendyone.com
Width: 73.4 cm
Height: 146.7 cm
Weight: 111 kg
Speed: 2.7 km/h
Sensors: Stereo cameras, five six-axis force sensors, 60 position sensors, more than 600 distributed force sensors.
Actuators: 51 AC servomotors
Degrees of Freedom (DoF): 47
Materials: Silicone, plastic, and metal.
Compute: Seven Pentium processors
Software: Linux OS. Custom software.
Power: Lithium-ion battery, 30 minutes of operation