Motion entertainment by a small humanoid robot based on OPEN-R

Author

Ishida, Tatsuzo ; Kuroki, Yoshihiro ; Yamaguchi, Jun ; Fujita, Masahiro ; Doi, Toshi T.

Author_Institution

Digital Creatures Lab., Sony Corp., Tokyo, Japan

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

1079

Abstract

In this paper we propose a novel application of a humanoid robot: Motion Entertainment, i.e., entertaining people with motion performance of a small humanoid robot. We develop a prototype humanoid robot named SDR-3X, which is about 50 cm height with 26 DOF. Performing to high tempo music with fast speed whole body motion can provide a big impact to an audience. Some key technologies such as a newly developed actuator enable the realization of SDR-3X. In addition, the use of OPEN-R is another key factor for quick development. We describe the architecture and the key technologies of SDR-3X. We also describe a demonstration of Motion Entertainment by SDR-3X

Keywords

entertainment; legged locomotion; 26-DOF robot; 50 cm; OPEN-R; SDR-3X; actuator; high tempo music; motion entertainment; robotic dance; small humanoid robot; Actuators; Cognitive robotics; Computer architecture; Humanoid robots; Humans; Laboratories; Legged locomotion; Motion control; Prototypes; Service robots;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2001. Proceedings. 2001 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on

Conference_Location

Maui, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6612-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IROS.2001.976312

Filename

976312