Overview
Cog was a humanoid robot designed by Rodney Brooks's group at MIT as a platform to study robot cognition. It could track faces, grasp objects, and play with a Slinky. The robot featured two arms, a head, and advanced sensors including dual cameras in each eye, inertial systems, load cells, and tactile sensors. It was one of the first humanoid robots to use series elastic actuators for safer human interaction.
Key facts
- Mobility
- static
- Total DOF
- 4
- Maturity
- prototype
Detailed specifications
Motion & kinematics2
- Dof Total
- 22
- Dof Per Arm
- 6
Sensors3
- Head Cameras
- 4
- Sensor Suite
- video_camera, joint_position, torque
- Lidar Present
- false
Other19
- Height Mm
- 1720
- Applications
- research
- Sub Category
- research_platform
- Datasheet Url
- http://www.ai.mit.edu/projects/humanoid-robotics-group/cog/cog-publications/IEEE-vision.pdf
- Mobility Type
- static
- Company Country
- US
- Humanoid Subtype
- research_platform
- Country Of Origin
- US
- Industries Served
- research_academic
- Is Research Grade
- true
- Software Platform
- Network of Motorola 68,332 and HC11 microcontrollers running L (multithreading subset of Common Lisp) for joint control, behavior selection, and sensory processing.[1][2][3]
- Target Industries
- research_academic
- Availability Status
- research-only
- Countries Available
- United States
- Deployment Maturity
- prototype
- Primary Applications
- research_development
- Additional Information
- - Binocular camera arrangement with four degrees of freedom per eye - Wide peripheral field of view (88.6° V x 115.8° H) and high-resolution foveal region (18.4° V x 24.4° H) - Compact and lightweight design with each eye weighing approximately 130 grams - Rapid eye movement capability: 3 saccades per second for pan (120°) and tilt (60°) - Designed to mimic human visual and motor systems for research purposes
- Deployment Environment
- indoor
- Degrees Of Freedom Total
- 4
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