Case File2010–2011
Android Telepresence Robot Hardware
Interactive Robots and Media Lab (IRML)
Challenge, contribution, and outcome
CHALLENGE
IRML's android telepresence platform required dense electromechanical upkeep to stay research-ready at an affordable price point.
MY CONTRIBUTION
Maintained and upgraded the android telepresence actuation and wiring hardware — electromechanical support contributing to the HRI 2011 workshop paper.
OUTCOME
Kept the android head and torso running for HRI research, contributing to the HRI 2011 workshop paper on affordable telepresence.
Narrative
Hands-on electromechanical work on IRML's android telepresence platform — servicing the actuation, wiring, and control hardware behind a human-like robot head and torso, in pursuit of android telepresence at an affordable price point.
System Record
- Application
- APPHuman-Robot Interaction
- Laboratory
- Methods
- Outcomes
- OUTCOMEPeer-Reviewed Publication
- Period
- 2010–2011
Development & Validation
- Maintained and upgraded the dense servo actuation and wiring loom driving the android's facial expressions and head movement.
- Bench-level rebuild work spanning skin, servo, and controller maintenance kept the platform running for HRI research.
- Contributed to 'Steps towards affordable android telepresence', presented at the HRI 2011 workshop.
Credits & Collaborators
Nikolaos Giakoumidis
Interactive Robots and Media Lab (IRML)
Co-author
Nikolaos Mavridis
Interactive Robots and Media Lab (IRML)
Principal Investigator · Lead author
Alexandros Tsamakos
IRML
Co-author
Interactive Robots and Media Lab (IRML)
Host laboratory
Evidence
video
IbnSina emotions
Related
Publications
- Steps towards affordable android telepresence
HRI 2011 Workshop · 2011
Photos
ANDROID HEAD — ACTUATION & WIRING