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Olivia

Built by A*STAR Social Robotics L · Singapore

Updated May 2026·methodology
Olivia

Overview

Olivia is a humanoid robot designed to test social robotics technologies. It is currently used as an office receptionist that can greet visitors and provide information. The robot is capable of displaying emotions including happiness and sadness, and is equipped with speech recognition and synthesis, 3D sound localization, and three cameras on its face for vision capabilities.

Detailed specifications

Motion & kinematics1
Dof
26
Other7
Height Mm
1650
Applications
["office receptionist","visitor greeting","information provision","human-robot interaction research","dialogue systems testing","patrolling guard robot (vision and audition tech)"]
Sub Category
anthropomorphic_torso
Company Country
SG
Deployment Notes
Primarily an experimental research platform for office receptionist duties, human-robot interaction, and social robotics technologies, launched in 2009 by A*STAR’s Social Robotics Lab in Singapore[1][2][3].
Countries Available
Singapore
Additional Information
- Research platform from A*Star Social Robotics Lab (Singapore) - Designed for studying human-robot interaction and intuitive learning - Can imitate human movements and has speech capabilities - Uses Bumblebee 2 DVN1501 mono camera for vision - Primarily a laboratory research robot, not commercially available

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