ROBOY

The Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (AI Lab) of the University of Zurich headed by Prof. Dr. Rolf Pfeifer is celebrating its’ 25th anniversary. As a birthday present to itself the AI Lab initiated the ROBOY project and the ROBOTS ON TOUR fair.

CIAN is the AI Lab’s advisory board and was founded to support and promote research and development in artificial intelligence.

The University of Zurich belongs to Europe’s top research institutions and offers the widest selection of study programs in Switzerland.

The National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Robotics is a nation-wide center, launched by the Swiss National Science Foundation, with the common objective of developing new, human-oriented robotic technology for improving our quality of life.

As main project partner, maxon motor is supplying all motors, as well as sensors and electronics that enable Roboy to make high-precision movements, and are in affect the artificial muscles of the robot.

The interdisciplinary project ROBOY is being managed by Adrian Burri of Konzeptagentur GmbH.

awtec AG for Technology and Innovation and the AI Lab have already successfully implemented pioneering projects in robotics together. Mechanics and additional functions will be designed by awtec and assembled in awtec’s workshops.

For every muscle unit, high-precision sensors are required to regulate the force of the muscle propulsion systems. Baumer Electric will provide ROBOY with its’ cutting edge sensors.

The Bio-Inspired Robotics Laboratory of Prof. Dr. Fumiya Iida at Europe’s highest ranking research university, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, contributes to ROBOY’s energy efficient walking.

The group Biomechanics of the Institute for mechanic Systems supports ROBOY by providing its’ groundbreaking simulation software to calculate the necessary muscle forces.

AI Lab’s internationally successful and highly innovative spin off created a network for knowledge. Starmind will provide ROBOY with a unique tool, to allow ROBOY to answer questions asked by the audience.

The company 1zu1 Protoypen provides high-precision Rapid-Prototype-Parts. Most of ROBOY’s joints are produced directly from CAD through STL.

The engineering firm Sedax from Uster will develop a head and face for ROBOY that will meet highest standards of design and function and will be able to express emotions due to innovative solutions.

The Institute Robotics and Embeded Systems at the internationally leading Technical University of Munich headed by Prof. Dr. Ing. habil Alois Knoll has already collaborated with the AI Lab on the groundbreaking ECCE robot. The Institute will support ROBOY by providing control systems.

Thanks to the know-how of the system developers at Zürich Engineering Roboy now has a flexible vertebral column. Movements modeled on human motion such as flexion and nodding will become possible.