The Robovie-R version 3.
ATR and Vstone formally presented the Robovie-R Ver.3, which included two types. The robot will be used to help guide the elderly in public places such as shopping malls, and subway stations this fall.
The Robovie-R Ver.3 stands 108cm (3?6?) tall, weighs 35kg (77 lbs), and has 17 degrees of freedom (eyes x4, neck x3, 2 arms x4, 2 wheels). Like the Robovie-R Ver.2, Ver.3 runs on a combination of a Windows PC and a sub CPU designed by Vstone. It has 11 tactile sensors throughout its body and is equipped with 2 USB cameras for eyes, 2 mono microphones for ears, a speaker for a mouth, and can be equipped with a laser range finder in its base for obstacle detection. It will also communicate with a local network which includes other robots, cameras, and mobile phone services.
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