Kinova Robotics · research humanoid
MOVO
A research mobile manipulator from Quebec's Kinova, pitched as a successor to Willow Garage's PR2: one or two removable 7-DoF JACO arms with 2- or 3-finger grippers on a telescoping torso (1.10 to 1.58 m), a pan-tilt Kinect head and an omnidirectional base with lidar, all built on ROS. A 5-hour charge gives a claimed 8 hours of use; top speed is 2 m/s.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- 158 cmTaller than 38%
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- 7.2 km/hFaster than 77%
- Battery
- 8 hRuns longer than 75%
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Why it matters
MOVO is on the market today.
Real-world use
Used in university labs such as Georgia Tech and the University of Waterloo for mobile manipulation and language-instruction research.
Timeline
- First shown
- 2017
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
Kinova RoboticsCompanyHow it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
MOVO is taller than 38% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
MOVO is faster than 77% of the 122 other humanoids that publish a speed. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
MOVO runs longer than 75% of the 119 other humanoids that publish a battery. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: weight, payload, joints, price.
Public attention
How much public attention MOVO gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
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What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Hands
- simple
- Movement
- Wheeled base
From the maker
MOVO is the only humanoid from Kinova Robotics in the atlas.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Sources
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