ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories and JST ICORP, hardware by SARCOS

ATR is a Japanese research organisation founded in 1986 whose Computational Neuroscience Laboratories study the brain and brain-machine interfaces; with the government-funded JST ICORP Computational Brain Project (director Mitsuo Kawato) it commissioned the CB humanoid. The hardware came from SARCOS of Salt Lake City, founded 1983, later owned by Raytheon and now Palladyne AI.

Robot models in the atlas: 11 humanoid
First robot: 2006One year so far
Headquarters: Keihanna Science City (Kyoto area)Japan

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Is it still sold?No longer soldEvery robot is retired or discontinued
What is new?2008-01-15Monkey brain signals drive CB-i walking in Japan

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RetiredATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories and JST ICORP, hardware by SARCOS · 2006CB / CB-iComputational BrainNo longer soldNo skills shown in public yet

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2008-01-15
Monkey brain signals drive CB-i walking in Japan Japan Science and Technology Agency · CB / CB-i
2007
CB platform described in Advanced Robotics Technical University of Munich research portal · CB / CB-i

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Founded: 1986
Headquarters: Keihanna Science City (Kyoto area), Japan
Focus: Humanoid robots as test beds for computational neuroscience and brain-machine interfaces
Funding: CB built under the JST ICORP programme (Japanese government research funding); SARCOS listed on Nasdaq in 2021 and became Palladyne AI (Nasdaq: PDYN) in 2024
Partners: SARCOS (hardware), Duke University Nicolelis lab (2008 brain-signal walking experiment), Carnegie Mellon University (Christopher Atkeson, walking control)

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