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German Aerospace Center is a robotics company founded 1969, based in Germany, developing 5 robots primarily in the Humanoid category.
Advanced humanoid and mobile manipulation robotics research
DLR’s Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics develops research robots including Rollin' Justin, Agile Justin, and the Hand Arm System for humanoid manipulation, teleoperation, and autonomous mobile robotics. The institute operates from Oberpfaffenhofen-Weßling in Germany and its robots are used for advanced research demonstrations rather than commercial sale.
Company facts
- Legal name
- German Aerospace Center (DLR)
- HQ
- Oberpfaffenhofen-Weßling, Germany
- Founded
- 1969 · 57 yrs
- Website
- www.dlr.de/en/rm
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Milestones
DLR created TORO, a similar robot to Rollin' Justin but with legs instead of wheels.
Rollin' Justin was introduced as an autonomous and programmable humanoid robot with two arms.
Press coverage
- Justin (robot)
Wikipedia
- Agile Justin
DLR
- A team from DLR has now trained a robot to acquire highly complex skills
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Active products by German Aerospace Center
5 shown| # | Category | Key specs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Hand Arm System | Dexterous Hand | Payload 0 kg | 2010 | A |
| 2 |  | Rollin' Justin | Mobile Manipulator | Payload 20 kg·Top speed 2 m/s | 2008 | BB |
| 3 |  | TORO | Humanoid | Height 1.74 m·Weight 76 kg | 2013 | BB |
| 4 |  | Agile Justin | Research | Payload 15 kg·Runtime 1 hr | 2012 | BB |
| 5 |  | Justin | Humanoid | Height 1.91 m·Weight 195 kg | 2009 | BB |
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