A*STAR Social Robotics Lab · research humanoid
Olivia
A wheeled social humanoid built to test social robotics technology, used as an office receptionist that greeted visitors and answered questions.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
A retired humanoid from A*STAR Social Robotics Lab.
Real-world use
Used as an office receptionist.
Timeline
- First shown
- 2009
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
A*STAR Social Robotics LabGovernment lab · SingaporeGovernment-funded; A*STAR is a statutory board of the Singapore government.
Public attention
A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current humanoids.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
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What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- Actuators & motors
- Harmonic-drive servo actuators; 26 DoF (neck 2, shoulders 3x2, elbows 1x2, wrists 2x2, hands 6x2).
- Hands
- 6 DoF per hand.
- Sensors & vision
- Point Grey Bumblebee stereo camera, DVN1501 camera (three cameras on the face), 8 microphones for sound localisation plus 4 for speech detection, Hokuyo URG-04LX laser range finder.
- Compute
- Intel 2.8 GHz Core i7 plus 1.2 GHz Atom processor.
- Battery & power
- 24 V 90 Ah lead-acid batteries.
- Materials & build
- ABS plastic exterior.
- AI & software
- Windows XP and Linux; speech recognition and synthesis; 3D sound localisation.
- Other details
- Shows emotions such as happiness and sadness; torso display screen and a light ring at the neck.
Named suppliers:Hokuyo
From the maker
Olivia is the only humanoid from A*STAR Social Robotics Lab in the atlas.
Watch Olivia
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Sold or delivered
- not sold
- Where it is sold or used
- A*STAR, Singapore
- Customers and pilots
- Used as an office receptionist
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useOliviaA*STAR Social Robotics Lab |  REEMPAL RoboticsSame jobs: retail, social · Both on wheels · Both past robots |  EMIEW2HitachiSame jobs: social, retail · Both on wheels · Both past robots |  Robovie-R Ver.3Vstone and ATRSame job: social · Both on wheels · Both past robots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2009 | 2010 | 2007 | 2010-04-16 |
| Status | Retired | Discontinued | Retired | Discontinued |
| Height | — | 170 cm | 80 cm | 120 cm |
| Weight | — | 90 kg | 13 kg | 43 kg |
| Joints | — | 22 | — | 17 |
| Speed | — | 4 km/h | 6 km/h | 2.5 km/h |
| Payload | — | 30 kg | — | — |
| Battery | — | 8 h | — | — |
| Price | — | — | — | $41,000 |
Sources
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