HEBI Robotics · legged machine
Daisy
A six-legged research kit built from HEBI's modular X-series actuators, with three joints per leg and torque sensing in every joint. Researchers can reprogram and extend it in C++, ROS, Python or MATLAB.
- Price
- $85,000Cheaper than 29%
- Height
- 50 cmTaller than 23%
- Weight
- 18 kgHeavier than 36%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- 1.0 km/hFaster than 21%
- Battery
- 2 hRuns longer than 33%
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Why it matters
The first Daisy was built for the Robot Revolution exhibit at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.
Real-world use
Researchers; first unit built for the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
Timeline
- First shown
- 2017
- Released
- 2017
Maker
HEBI RoboticsCompany · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USAHow it stacks up
Against other legged & novel that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Daisy is taller than 23% of the 22 other legged & novel that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Daisy is heavier than 36% of the 25 other legged & novel that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Daisy is faster than 21% of the 19 other legged & novel that publish a speed. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Daisy has more joints than 63% of the 16 other legged & novel that publish a joints. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Daisy runs longer than 33% of the 6 other legged & novel that publish a battery. Bars show the 6 closest in date.
Daisy costs less than 29% of the 7 other legged & novel that publish a price. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: payload.
Public attention
How much public attention Daisy gets, from open data.
- 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
- Walks on legs · 18 joints
- How it runs
- Assisted. Users steer it with a gamepad or phone while its software coordinates the six legs; researchers can reprogram it.
- Actuators & motors
- 18 HEBI X-series actuators (twelve X8-9, six X8-16), three per leg, each with position, velocity and torque sensing
- Sensors & vision
- Joint torque and force sensing, IMU, temperature, current and voltage sensors
- Compute
- Intel NUC in the chassis plus an ARM Cortex-M4 in each joint (ChibiOS)
- Battery & power
- Two hot-swappable 98 Wh LiGo batteries, about 1-2 hours
- Materials & build
- Aluminium tubing and machined brackets with 3D-printed covers
- AI & software
- APIs in C++, ROS, Python and MATLAB on Ubuntu or Windows
- Other details
- 18 kg
From the maker
Daisy is the only machine from HEBI Robotics in the atlas.
Watch Daisy
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- $85,000About $85,000
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Sold or delivered
- Research kit, about $85,000
- Customers and pilots
- Researchers; first unit built for the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
Sources
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