Zeno
Zeno is a small humanoid with an expressive face and conversational AI. It's designed as a platform for human-robot interaction research, particularly for diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder.
- Creator
- Year
- 2007
- Country
- United States 🇺🇸
- Categories
- Features
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Zeno was inspired by a character named David, from a famous 1969 short story by Brian Aldiss called "Supertoys Last All Summer Long."
Specs
- Overview
Full range of facial expressions using proprietary biomimetic skin Frubber and network of actuators that mimic human facial muscles. Face tracking and conversational AI. Walking capability.
- Status
Ongoing
- Year
2007
- Website
- Height
- 63.5 cm
- Weight
- 6.5 kg
- Speed
- 3.6 km/h
- Sensors
Two 720p, 30fps HD cameras (one in each motorized eye). Three-axis gyroscope, three-axis accelerometer, compass. Twenty one joint load sensors, 30 joint position sensors, two cliff sensors, two ground contact sensors, two infrared obstacle-detection sensors, two bump sensors (feet), grip-load sensors in the hands. Three microphones.
- Actuators
Three Cirrus CS-101 STD 4-gram micro servos. Five Hitec HS-65MG motors (Frubber actuators). Dynamixel RX-64 (legs, hips, shoulders). Dynamixel RX-28 servos (waist).
- Degrees of Freedom (DoF)
- 36 (Arms: 12 DoF; Legs: 12 DoF; Waist: 1 DoF; Neck: 3 DoF; Face: 8 DoF)
- Materials
Frubber, plastic, and aluminum
- Compute
1 GHz Vortex86DX CPU, 1 GB RAM, Wi-Fi, Ethernet
- Software
Linux Ubuntu
- Power
Two 18.5-V lithium-ion batteries, 1 hour of operation
- Cost
- $14,750
