The Open Source Humanoid Robot Build Your Own DARwIn-OP
DARwIn-OP RoMeLa
DARwIn-OP America’s newest humanoid robot, unveiled this week at IEEE’s Humanoids 2010 conference.
It`s 18 inches tall, weighs 6 pounds and is ready to be messed with. It’s OK, he’s an open-source bot.
Designed by Dennis Hong’s RoMeLa team at Virginia Tech with collaborators at University of Pennsylvania's Grasp Lab, Purdue University, and Korean company Robotis, DARwIn-OP’s hardware and software are open-source — you can fabricate the parts, choose your own electronics and build one of your own. And why wouldn’t you? There’s something so cute about his Astroboy fins .
About 10 DARwIn-OP units were making the rounds at IEEE this week, and afterward will be distributed to the partner universities.
If you don’t work in a robotics lab and don’t have access to a CAD system, Robotis will build one for you, to the tune of $12,000 ($9,600 with an educational discount).
He even plays soccer, Sounds like a bargain.
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