Seoul National University Dynamic Robotics Systems Lab, with NJIT industrial design · research humanoid
TOCABI
A full-size torque-controlled biped humanoid ('Torque Controlled compliAnt BIped') built for safe physical interaction and remote avatar use, after about eight years of development (lower body first, upper body completed in 2021). Its industrial design, done with NJIT, was presented at IEEE Humanoids 2022.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- 180 cmTaller than 86%
- Weight
- 100 kgHeavier than 83%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
A research humanoid from Seoul National University Dynamic Robotics Systems Lab (DYROS), with NJIT industrial design.
Real-world use
Competed as Team SNU's avatar robot at the ANA Avatar XPRIZE semifinals in Miami in September 2021.
Timeline
- First shown
- 2021-09
- Released
- Not yet
How it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
TOCABI is taller than 86% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
TOCABI is heavier than 83% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
TOCABI has more joints than 57% of the 236 other humanoids that publish a joints. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: speed, payload, battery, price.
Public attention
How much public attention TOCABI gets, from open data.
- 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
- unknown
- Movement
- Walks on legs · 33 joints
From the maker
TOCABI is the only humanoid from Seoul National University Dynamic Robotics Systems Lab (DYROS), with NJIT industrial design 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 | TOCABISeoul National University Dynamic Robotics Systems Lab (DYROS), with NJIT industrial design |  iCub3Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Daniele Pucci's groupSame job: research · Both walk · Both research platforms |  MusashiUniversity of Tokyo JSK Lab (Kento Kawaharazuka et al.)Same job: research · Both walk · Both research platforms |
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| First shown | 2021-09 | 2022-03 | 2019-11 |
| Status | Research | Research | Research |
| Height | 180 cm | — | — |
| Weight | 100 kg | — | — |
| Joints | 33 | 54 | — |
| Speed | — | — | — |
| Payload | — | — | — |
| Battery | — | — | — |
| Price | — | — | — |
Sources
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