The CHARLI is a Humanoid robot developed by UCLA and RoMeLa (United States), launched 2011. Key specifications: form factor full bipedal, height 141 cm, weight 12.1 kg, mobility bipedal.
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Overview
CHARLI is an adult-size humanoid robot designed as a platform to study robot mobility and autonomy. It can walk, kick a ball, and change its posture to avoid falls if something or someone pushes on it. The robot features a modular, lightweight design capable of reacting to external disturbances using an active stabilization strategy.
Flagship features
- CHARLI is capable of walking in all directions as well as turning, kicking, and performing gestures and simple upper body manipulation tasks
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Viability
UCLA founded
Specifications
Category: Humanoid- Form factor
- full bipedal
- Height
- 141 cm
- Weight
- 12.1 kg
- Mobility
- bipedal
- Walking speed
- 2.1 m/s
- Total DOF
- 20
- DOF / arm
- 4
- DOF / hand
- 1
- Battery
- 0.5 h
- Hot-swap battery
- No
- Onboard compute
- Single-board computer with 1.6 GHz Intel Atom CPU
- Sensors
- camera, three-axis rate gyro, three-axis accelerometer
- LiDAR
- No
- F/T sensors
- Yes
- VLM on-board
- No
- Imitation learning
- No
- Bimanual
- No
- Stair climbing
- No
- Terrain
- rough_indoor, outdoor_unstructured
- Programming
- Ubuntu Linux OS and custom operation and control program coded in C++
- ROS 1
- No
- ROS 2
- No
- API / SDK
- No
- SDK languages
- C++
- Maturity
- prototype
- Environments
- outdoor
- Industries
- education
Detailed specifications
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- Sub Category
- bipedal
- Company Country
- US
- Software Platform
- Ubuntu Linux OS with custom control program coded in C++; LabVIEW version also implemented
- Additional Information
- - CHARLI is capable of walking in all directions as well as turning, kicking, and performing gestures and simple upper body manipulation tasks. - CHARLI-2 is honored “2011 Best Invention of the Year” by Time magazine, won the Louis Vuitton Best Humanoid Award (a.k.a. Louis Vuitton Cup) at RoboCup 2011, and won 1st place in AdultSize league for autonomous soccer at RoboCup 2011 (as well as many other awards).
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Company milestones
- —MilestoneUCLA founded
- —MilestoneWestwood campus opens
- —MilestoneCHARLI can walk, kick a ball, and change posture to avoid falls
- —LaunchCHARLI: Cognitive Humanoid Autonomous Robot with Learning Intelligence
More videos
Team CHARLI RoboCup 2011 Champions
Frequently asked questions
- Who makes the CHARLI?
- The CHARLI is developed by UCLA and RoMeLa, based in United States.
- What type of robot is the CHARLI?
- The CHARLI is a Humanoid robot made by UCLA and RoMeLa.
- How much does the CHARLI cost?
- Pricing for the CHARLI is not publicly listed — contact UCLA and RoMeLa for a quote.
- When was the CHARLI launched?
- The CHARLI was launched in 2011.
- What are the key specifications of the CHARLI?
- Key specifications of the CHARLI: form factor full bipedal, height 141 cm, weight 12.1 kg, mobility bipedal, walking speed 2.1 m/s.
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