AWARD YEAR
2019
CATEGORY
Play & Learning
GOALS
Balance Human & Artificial Intelligence
KEYWORDS
artificial intelligence, Robot, Human Brain Project
COUNTRY
Switzerland
DESIGNED BY
Invited at Artificial Intelligence Lab at the University of Zurich,
Currently at Technical University Munich
WEBSITE
https://roboy.org/
Roboy
The golden boy of artificial intelligence
Roboy Junior is probably the most human robot in the world. He has a human-like skeleton, muscle structure, and incredibly cute looks. Also, he is a soft robot research platform for studying the coordination of muscles, a messenger of a new generation of robots that could share our living space with us, and the first anthropomimetic robot in the Human Brain Project (HBP).
While most robots in the world have motors in the joints, Roboy uses muscles and tendons as humans do. This not only makes his motions very smooth and natural, it makes him safe to interact with, but also the perfect robot for the HBP. Because when you test theories about how the brain controls a body, you will need a body that works like a human body.
Mobility, communication and Virtual Reality (VR) are the ongoing fields of improvement that the team is working on.