Korea Institute of Industrial Technology · research humanoid
EveR-2 Muse
Second EveR android with soft skin over the whole body, wider-angle cameras and better speech; it sang a Korean ballad at the opening of Robot World 2006 in Seoul.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- 170 cmTaller than 59%
- Weight
- 61 kgHeavier than 49%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
Described as the first android that can sing.
Real-world use
No customers or deployments reported yet.
Timeline
- First shown
- 2006
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
Korea Institute of Industrial TechnologyGovernment lab · founded 1989 · Cheonan, South KoreaGovernment-funded research institute under Korea's national research council system
How it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
EveR-2 Muse is taller than 59% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
EveR-2 Muse is heavier than 49% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
EveR-2 Muse has more joints than 22% of the 236 other humanoids that publish a joints. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: speed, payload, battery, price.
Public attention
A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current humanoids.
- 129 views of its Wikipedia article in the last 90 days (EveR)
- 3 news stories from reputable press listed on this page
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What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Stationary · 23 joints
- Actuators & motors
- Motors with gears and belts in the shoulders, elbows and neck; safety brakes on neck, waist, pelvis, knee and ankle joints; approaching sensors and potentiometers for homing. Total 59 DoF (KITECH, IFAC 2008).
- Hands
- 4 DoF per hand using a mix of linkages and tendons; middle and ring fingers move together.
- Sensors & vision
- Two small CCD cameras in the eyes and a microphone (KITECH, IFAC 2008).
- Compute
- Four computing units (vision, brain, motion and dialogue); the motion computer talks to the robot over CAN, the others over TCP/IP LAN.
- Materials & build
- Fibreglass-reinforced plastic inner shell bolted to the frame; 165 cm tall and 60 kg (KITECH, IFAC 2008).
- AI & software
- Dialogue-database conversation engine, lip sync for speech and singing, about 100 stored gestures, offline motion builder; six facial emotions (happiness, sadness, fear, surprise, anger, disgust).
- Other details
- Added a 12-DoF lower body so it could stand and sing; aimed at exhibition guiding, reading fairy tales and singing. Co-developed with Solubot Inc. per the paper's author list.
Lineage
Every Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH) humanoid in order.
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Built
- Not stated (research prototype)
- Sold or delivered
- Not sold; research robot
- Where it is sold or used
- KITECH, Ansan, South Korea
News
The latest 3, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- EveR-3’s stage performances in 2009
KITECH reported that EveR-3 appeared in musical performances, plays and a fashion show in 2009.
KITECH / UR 2010 conference program - KITECH details EveR-2 hardware at IFAC 2008
A paper at the IFAC World Congress in Seoul described EveR-2's 59-DoF body, four-computer software and dialogue system.
IFAC World Congress 2008 (NTNU proceedings mirror) - EveR-2 Muse at Robot World 2006
KBS reported EveR-2 Muse among the robots featured at Robot World 2006 in Seoul.
KBS World
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useEveR-2 MuseKorea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH) |  Actroid (Repliee Q1)Osaka University (Hiroshi Ishiguro) and Kokoro Co.Same job: entertainment · Both fixed in place · Both past robots |  BERTI (Bristol Elumotion Robotic Torso 1)Elumotion Ltd with Bristol Robotics LaboratorySame job: entertainment · Both fixed in place · Both past robots |
|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2006 | 2003-11 | 2009-02 |
| Status | Retired | Retired | Retired |
| Height | 170 cm | — | — |
| Weight | 61 kg | — | — |
| Joints | 23 | 42 | — |
| Speed | — | — | — |
| Payload | — | — | — |
| Battery | — | — | — |
| Price | — | — | — |
Sources
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