University of Queensland Mobile Robotics Laboratory · research humanoid
GuRoo
Autonomous 1.2 m, 23-DoF University of Queensland humanoid used for research on evolved ZMP-stable gaits and biologically inspired joint control (Wyeth et al., 2003; Kee et al., 2004).
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- 120 cmTaller than 12%
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
Low-cost full-size Australian biped ('Grossly Underfunded Roo') used for learned joint control and evolved walking gaits; competed in RoboCup.
Real-world use
No customers or deployments reported yet.
Timeline
- First shown
- 2002
- Released
- Not yet
How it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
GuRoo is taller than 12% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
GuRoo has more joints than 22% of the 236 other humanoids that publish a joints. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: weight, speed, payload, battery, price.
Public attention
A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current humanoids.
- 176 views of its Wikipedia article in the last 90 days (GuRoo)
- No recent press stories listed yet
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What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Hands
- unknown
- Movement
- Walks on legs · 23 joints
From the maker
GuRoo is the only humanoid from University of Queensland Mobile 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 | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useGuRooUniversity of Queensland Mobile Robotics Laboratory |  HUBO (KHR-3)KAIST Hubo Lab (Jun-Ho Oh)Same job: research · Both walk · Both past robots · Similar size | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useKHR-2KAIST Hubo Lab (Jun-Ho Oh)Same job: research · Both walk · Both past robots · Similar size | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useXianxingzhe (Pioneer)National University of Defense Technology (NUDT)Same job: research · Both walk · Both past robots · Similar size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2002 | 2004-12 | 2004 | 2000-11-29 |
| Status | Retired | Retired | Retired | Retired |
| Height | 120 cm | 125 cm | 120 cm | 140 cm |
| Weight | — | 55 kg | 56 kg | 20 kg |
| Joints | 23 | — | — | — |
| Speed | — | 1.2 km/h | 1.2 km/h | — |
| Payload | — | — | — | — |
| Battery | — | 1 h | — | — |
| Price | — | — | — | — |
Sources
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