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Nanyang Technological University (Institute for Media Innovation) · research humanoid

EDGAR

Expression Display & Gesturing Avatar Robot

Telepresence humanoid upper body with a rear-projection face that shows the remote user's face and two highly articulated arms that copy the user's upper-body gestures; it can also run autonomously, delivering scripted speeches and using a webcam to find and talk to people. Work started in 2012; base and height are not described in the sources.

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Why it matters

A research humanoid from Nanyang Technological University (Gerald Seet, BeingThere Centre).

Real-world use

Shown at NTU's media showcase in late December 2015 alongside the social robot Nadine.

Timeline

First shown
2015-12
Released
Not yet

Maker

Nanyang Technological University (Institute for Media Innovation)University lab · founded 1991 · Singapore, Singapore

Public university (Singapore government)

Public attention

How much public attention EDGAR (Expression Display & Gesturing Avatar Robot) gets, from open data.

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What’s inside

No component details published yet.

Hands
dexterous
Movement
Movement not published

Lineage

Every Nanyang Technological University (Gerald Seet, BeingThere Centre) humanoid in order.

  1. No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useEDGAR (Expression Display & Gesturing Avatar Robot)2015Research
  2. NadineNadine2015Research

Made, sold and where

No production or sales figures published yet.

Price
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How to get one
No official buying page found

Sources

Figures come from press coverage. Every link below backs something on this page.

Asian Scientist Nadine & EDGAR, The Friendliest Robots You'll Ever Meet (7 Jan 2016) ISPR Nadine and EDGAR: NTU scientists unveil social and telepresence robots OST / HSR Rapperswil Designing a new hand concept for EDGAR (bachelor thesis abstract, 2017)

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