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Daisy
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CommercialUnited StatesAssisted

HEBI Robotics · legged machine

Daisy

A six-legged research kit built from HEBI's modular X-series actuators, with three joints per leg and torque sensing in every joint. Researchers can reprogram and extend it in C++, ROS, Python or MATLAB.

Price
$85,000Cheaper than 29%
Height
50 cmTaller than 23%
Weight
18 kgHeavier than 36%
Payload
—Not published
Speed
1.0 km/hFaster than 21%
Battery
2 hRuns longer than 33%

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Why it matters

The first Daisy was built for the Robot Revolution exhibit at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.

Real-world use

Researchers; first unit built for the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago

Timeline

First shown
2017
Released
2017
Listed as 2017 (first unit built for the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago)

Maker

HEBI RoboticsCompany · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

How it stacks up

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Not published by the maker: payload.

Public attention

How much public attention Daisy gets, from open data.

  • No Wikipedia article of its own yet
  • No recent press stories listed yet

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What’s inside

The parts the company has talked about publicly.

Movement
Walks on legs · 18 joints
How it runs
Assisted. Users steer it with a gamepad or phone while its software coordinates the six legs; researchers can reprogram it.
Actuators & motors
18 HEBI X-series actuators (twelve X8-9, six X8-16), three per leg, each with position, velocity and torque sensing
Sensors & vision
Joint torque and force sensing, IMU, temperature, current and voltage sensors
Compute
Intel NUC in the chassis plus an ARM Cortex-M4 in each joint (ChibiOS)
Battery & power
Two hot-swappable 98 Wh LiGo batteries, about 1-2 hours
Materials & build
Aluminium tubing and machined brackets with 3D-printed covers
AI & software
APIs in C++, ROS, Python and MATLAB on Ubuntu or Windows
Other details
18 kg

From the maker

Daisy is the only machine from HEBI Robotics in the atlas.

Watch Daisy

Video: HEBI Robotics (@HEBIRobotics) on YouTube. Plays from youtube-nocookie.com when you press play.

Made, sold and where

Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.

Price
$85,000About $85,000
How to get one
No official buying page found
Sold or delivered
Research kit, about $85,000
Customers and pilots
Researchers; first unit built for the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago

Sources

Figures come from press coverage. Every link below backs something on this page.

Czech Technical University, Computational Robotics Laboratory HEBI Daisy (robot platform page) HEBI Robotics Out of the Box with Daisy (kit manual A-2049-01) HEBI Robotics HEBI Robotics

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