Elumotion Ltd with Bristol Robotics Laboratory · research humanoid
BERTI
Bristol Elumotion Robotic Torso 1
Life-size humanoid torso with a face and two arms with new wrist, elbow and shoulder joints and 9-DoF hands, developed from 2005 to study the gestures that accompany speech. Elumotion built the hardware and low-level control; Bristol Robotics Laboratory worked on movement and high-level control.
- 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
Life-size gesture robot built to mimic human arm and hand movement; first generation of the BERT torso line (BERT2 followed in 2010).
Real-world use
Played rock-paper-scissors with visitors at London's Science Museum in February 2009.
Timeline
- First shown
- 2009-02
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
Elumotion Ltd with Bristol Robotics LaboratoryCompanyPublic 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
No component details published yet.
- Hands
- dexterous
- Movement
- Stationary
From the maker
BERTI (Bristol Elumotion Robotic Torso 1) is the only humanoid from Elumotion Ltd with Bristol Robotics Laboratory in the atlas.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
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 | BERTI (Bristol Elumotion Robotic Torso 1)Elumotion Ltd with Bristol Robotics Laboratory |  Geminoid FATR and Osaka University (Hiroshi Ishiguro) with KokoroSame job: entertainment · Both fixed in place · Both past robots | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useWaseda Flutist Robot WF-4RVIWaseda University (Atsuo Takanishi lab)Same job: entertainment · Both fixed in place · Both past robots | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useEveR-2 MuseKorea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH)Same job: entertainment · Both fixed in place · Both past robots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2009-02 | 2010-04-03 | 2011 | 2006 |
| Status | Retired | Retired | Retired | Retired |
| Height | — | 140 cm | 170 cm | 170 cm |
| Weight | — | 30 kg | 150 kg | 61 kg |
| Joints | — | 12 | 41 | 23 |
| Speed | — | — | — | — |
| Payload | — | — | — | — |
| Battery | — | — | — | — |
| Price | — | $110,000 | — | — |
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