Bundeswehr University Munich · research humanoid
HERMES
A two-armed humanoid service robot with a bendable upper body, a 6-DoF stereo camera head and a four-wheel omnidirectional base, built from 25 drive modules (22 degrees of freedom) and measuring 185 x 70 x 70 cm at 250 kg. It could talk with untrained people in English, French and German and fetch objects.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- 250 kgHeavier than 99%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
One of the earliest humanoid service robots tested long-term with the public: it ran in a museum for more than six months, up to 18 hours a day, operated by non-experts.
Real-world use
Ran in a museum for more than six months of daily public interaction, as reported in the team's ISER 2002 chapter.
Timeline
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
Bundeswehr University MunichCompanyHow it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
HERMES is heavier than 99% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
HERMES has more joints than 17% of the 236 other humanoids that publish a joints. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: height, speed, payload, battery, price.
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
No component details published yet.
- Hands
- simple
- Movement
- Wheeled base · 22 joints
From the maker
HERMES is the only humanoid from Bundeswehr University Munich (Institute of Measurement Science, Volker Graefe and Rainer Bischoff) in the atlas.
Bundeswehr University Munich also makes 2 vehicles. See every Bundeswehr University Munich robot
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. Few robots match closely, so these are the nearest matches. How we choose
| Measure | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useHERMESBundeswehr University Munich (Institute of Measurement Science, Volker Graefe and Rainer Bischoff) |  ARMAR-IKarlsruhe Institute of Technology (H2T, Tamim Asfour)Same job: home · Both on wheels · Both past robots |  ARMAR-IIKarlsruhe Institute of Technology (H2T, Tamim Asfour)Same job: home · Both on wheels · Both past robots |
|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 1997-12 | 2000 | 2002 |
| Status | Retired | Retired | Retired |
| Height | — | — | — |
| Weight | 250 kg | — | — |
| Joints | 22 | 25 | — |
| Speed | — | — | — |
| Payload | — | — | — |
| Battery | — | — | — |
| Price | — | — | — |
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