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N. Giakoumidis

Case File2010–2011

Android Telepresence Robot Hardware

Interactive Robots and Media Lab (IRML)

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.

ANDROID HEAD — ACTUATION & WIRING

System Record

My role
CONTRIBElectronics DesignCONTRIBSupportedCONTRIBBuilt
Domain
DOMAINEmbodied & Physical AI
Application
APPHuman-Robot Interaction
Environment
Platforms
PLATFORMAndroid Telepresence Platform
Methods
Outcomes
OUTCOMEPeer-Reviewed Publication
Period
2010–2011

My Contribution

Maintained and upgraded the android telepresence actuation and wiring hardware — electromechanical support contributing to the HRI 2011 workshop paper.

CONTRIBElectronics DesignCONTRIBSupportedCONTRIBBuilt

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 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

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