OUR STARTING POINT. THE TENDON DRIVEN ROBOT ECCE
One of the most famous robotic projects in the EU was the development of the ECCE robot led by Professor Owen Holland of Sussex University. ECCE was modeled after the human anatomy and how the body moves. This was to show how robots will be designed in the future to best interact with human beings. With ECCE as its starting point, ROBOY was conceived in 2011 via project coordination between internationally leading research institutions and industry partners who are at the forefront of development in mechanics and electronics. One of their first breakthroughs was the anthropomorphic tendon-driven arm (a.k.a. ANTHROB).
MOTIVATION & GOALS. TO DEVELOP A NEW, HUMANOID ROBOT IN ONLY 9 MONTHS
ROBOY will be developed in record time – only 9 months! The renowned Artificial Intelligence Lab at the University of Zurich will host ROBOTS ON TOUR, a robotics fair, in Zurich on March 8, 2013 for its 25 year anniversary. During this fair, the joint team of academia and industry will meet their ambitious goal and present ROBOY!
Financing By Crowd Funding
To markedly speed up decisions and cut down on development time, ROBOY will be financed with private funds and constructed by private companies. This means that ROBOY will be financed by exclusive sponsors and through crowd funding. How far we will be able to develop ROBOY will be dependent on your support. In return for contributions, every supporter will have his name or logo engraved on ROBOY and will receive other tokens of appreciation.
Open Source Development
Development of ROBOY (mechanic and software) will be conducted via Open Source. This means that all expertise, ideas and inventions will not belong to one specific entity, and everyone will have the chance to advance ROBOY's technology. ROBOY will be the ideal research platform for pioneering research into robotics, and will be advanced further through the AI Lab at Zurich University and other leading research institutions beginning soon after ROBOTS ON TOUR.
TEAM. ROBOY IS BEING DEVELOPED BY A TEAM CONSISTING OF A NUMBER OF RENOWNED RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS AND LEADING PRIVATE COMPANIES.
ROBOY is being constructed by a professional team of robotic experts who have experience developing other projects with great success. The AI Lab at Zurich University initiated ROBOY. The project is being led by Konzeptagentur GmbH.
DEVELOPING ROBOY. BEHIND THE SCENES
ROBOY’s development will be documented in the image gallery. Further detailed information will also be published here and can be freely downloaded. Visit this site regularly to track our progress. We will achieve the following milestones:
June 2012: Kick off project
End of October 2012: Completion of Torso
November 2012: First impressions of the head
November 2012: Developing the legs
December 2012: CAD-Model of ROBOY in his entirety
January 2013: Assembling ROBOY
February 2013: ROBOY learns to move
March 8th 2013: Unveiling ROBOY at ROBOTS ON TOUR in Zurich, Switzerland
Complete documentation of ROBOY’s development and further detailed information about the developed technologies will be accessible here in March 2013.
Image Source: awtec AG and AI Lab.
DEVELOPING ROBOY’S NECK AND HEAD. FOLLOW THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
The head of Roboy will be designed completely new. The community on Facebook had decided which head they like most. Visit us soon again to see how the head will look like.
SIMULATION OF THE MUSCLE FORCES.
The Institut of Biomechanic, ZHAW, Winterthur, has calculated the forces for a walking Roboy.
See more in that video: Roboy Walking
Roboy is cruising on a bike!
We like to present Roboy at the Robots on Tour on a bike. We are now evaluating the best possible bike for Roboy.
Developing Roboy's Spine and Neck Roboy's spine and neck were developed by Zürich Engineering GmbH
Find out more: Presentation Roboy's Spine and Neck.
