Handle With Linux

This is wakamura a 100cm high little robotic pall , originally developed to be used in house as a baby sitter.
It has face recognition for 10 faces and understands 10000 words. It's powered by Linux and it's developed by mitsubishi.

Designed by the renowned industrial designer Mr. Toshiyuki Kita.He imagined a growing child. "wakamaru" is a yellow color because this color attracts attention, is invigorating, and has strong connotations with happiness.

All functions of "wakamaru" have been developed to communicate with human beings.The robot is designed for eye to eye communication. "wakamaru" is designed to live by itself without asking for human assistance. It has its own life cycle and can charge its battery automatically. Its design was build for safety as it was designed as a family robot.

Superior robot technology and intensive design gave birth to a communication robot who seems to have an independent personality. The robot is internet connected and can guide people and make pictures on demand.

Specifications:

Mobility Type

Wheel

Sensors

Self position measurement
Infrared ray obstacle detection
Ultrasonic obstacle detection
Collision detection

Autonomous mobility

Autonomous obstacle avoidance and movement to map-registered locations in a house

Charging

Autonomous movement to the charging station when its power runs down.

Communication

Human detection

(Sensor combined processing) Detection of moving persons

Face detection

Individual recognition

Detects facial characteristics and recognizes two owners and eight other persons.

Voice recognition

Recognizes series of single words necessary for scenarios and word spotting method.

Speech synthesis

Configuration available for reading texts out loud and volume of voice.

Controller

CPU

Multi processor configuration

Operating system

Linux

Robot control architecture

Serial bus connection distributed processing I/O

Sight

Omni-direction camera x 1
Front camera x 1

Hearing

Directional microphone x 1
Non-directional microphone x 3

Touch/Force sensing

Shoulder sensor
Hand sensor

Voice

Speaker

Safety Structure

Designed for minimum energy consumption and maximum safety.
Complies with the Japanese domestic standards of home appliances
Safety joint structure prevents finger pinching

Interlocking

Arm: full axis servo level collision detection (torque monitoring)

Originally available for 14.000$ but nowadays you'll have to travel to Japan to meet him, as it's for rent in Japan only. ;-(