
Overview
Simon is a socially aware robot designed to explore ways of interacting with humans naturally through sounds, movements, and gestures. It features a distinctive big head with large round eyes and ears that light up. Equipped with compliant arms and hands, Simon is capable of generating humanlike motions and learning from demonstrations. The robot can use gestures to get attention and can recognize whether humans have noticed it.
Key facts
- Payload
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- Weight
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- IP rating
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- Battery
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- Power
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- Autonomy
- semi-autonomous
- Launch year
- 2008
- Price
- $500,000
- Status
- active
Detailed specifications
Sensors1
- Sensor Suite
- cameras, Microsoft Kinect, microphone
Other9
- Height Mm
- 1727
- Price Tier
- 150K+
- Applications
- research
- Company Country
- US
- Deployment Count
- 10
- Deployment Notes
- Performed with human musicians in concerts and festivals including DLD in Munich, U.S. Science Festival in Washington, Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle, and Google IO in San Francisco.
- Industries Served
- entertainment
- Availability Status
- discontinued
- Additional Information
- - Combines human creativity with algorithmic responses for improvisation. - Enables musical experiences impossible through traditional systems. - Rich visual and acoustic outputs enhance human-robot interaction.
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