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Tencent Robotics X Lab · legged machine

Ollie

Tencent's fourth-generation robot uses parallel legs on driven wheels plus a tail that lets it stand taller or perform acrobatics; one demo had it carry coffee with an arm.

Price
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Height
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Weight
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Battery
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Why it matters

A balancing wheel-legged robot with an actuated tail that could leap gaps and do backflips.

Real-world use

No customers or deployments reported yet.

Timeline

First shown
2021-06-15
Released
Not yet
Video and ICRA 2021 paper (IEEE Spectrum coverage)

Maker

Tencent Robotics X LabCompany · Shenzhen, China

Public attention

How much public attention Ollie gets, from open data.

  • No Wikipedia article of its own yet
  • 1 news story from reputable press listed on this page

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What’s inside

The parts the company has talked about publicly.

Movement
Wheel-legs
How it runs
Assisted. Researchers commanded its moves while it balanced itself on its wheeled legs and tail.
Actuators & motors
Two driven wheels on planar parallel-linkage legs plus an actuated tail used for flips and as a third support point
AI & software
Nonlinear balance controller (ICRA 2021 paper by Shuai Wang and colleagues)

From the maker

Ollie is the only machine from Tencent Robotics X Lab in the atlas.

Watch Ollie

Video: People's Daily, China 人民日报 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
Not published
How to get one
No official buying page found
Built
Research robot
Sold or delivered
not sold
Where it is sold or used
Tencent Robotics X, Shenzhen, China

News

The latest 1, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.

  1. Tencent's wheeled Ollie flips with its tail

    IEEE Spectrum covered Tencent's wheel-legged Ollie, which uses an actuated tail for backflips.

    IEEE Spectrum

Sources

Figures come from a published paper. Every link below backs something on this page.

IEEE Spectrum Tencent's new wheeled robot flicks its tail to do backflips Hackster.io Tencent's Robotics X Division Shows Off Ollie

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