TIAGo

The available technology at CITST that the proposal is based on is Tiago, a robot produced by Pal Robotics. Tiago is a mobile platform with capacities of perception, manipulation and multimodal interactions. Tiago is almost a humanoid robot having a height of 146 cm and a weight of 75 kg. The small size of its mobile base (54cm diameter) make Tiago suitable for moving premises. The robot has a head equipped with sensors, a trunk that rises and an arm that can cover a significant work-space and it is adapted with 5 fingers. The arm is versatile and contributes to the handling and interactions abilities. The Payload of the arm at full extension is 2 kg while the arm reach without end-effector (the hand) up to 87cm. Tiago is modular, flexible and configurable.

Baxter

The Baxter’s version available at UPB, laboratory humanoid robots and drones, is 90 cm tall and weighs 75 kg. The robot comes equipped with a base extension provided Dataspeed Inc. which gives the robot the ability to move forward, backward and sideways, while maintaining in the same time an independent control of rotation. Baxter has two  manipulative arms extended up to a length of 1.2 m and bear a maximum weight of 2.2 kg. The robot is designed primarily to be used in simple industrial tasks such as loading, unloading, sorting and material handling, but the mobility base extend Baxter’s uses such as telepresence, security and assisted robotics services relevant to the current project.

Pepper

Pepper is a humanoid robot equipped with a mobile base available to UPB, laboratory humanoid robots and drones. Pepper has a height of 1.21 m with a movable base 480 x 425 mm. By using arms, it can reach a height of 1,335 m, may comprise a width of 1,196m and 6,48m length. Pepper can be a companion of humans, it is specifically designed to coexist with people in a room, house or on site. The robot is adapted with a number of sensors and a camera. It has the opportunity to interact by voice.