TU Darmstadt, Simulation, Systems Optimization and Robotics group (Darmstadt Dribblers) · research humanoid
Bruno
A small soccer-playing biped from TU Darmstadt's Darmstadt Dribblers RoboCup team, built on a Hajime Research Institute platform; it could run, kick and pass. Included as a research robot even though it is under 60 cm. Speed is 1.55 km/h rounded.
- Price
- —about EUR 15,000 estimated hardware cost; not sold ()
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
A retired humanoid from TU Darmstadt (Darmstadt Dribblers) and Hajime Research Institute.
Real-world use
Darmstadt Dribblers RoboCup team
Timeline
- First shown
- 2010
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
TU Darmstadt, Simulation, Systems Optimization and Robotics group (Darmstadt Dribblers)University lab · founded 2000 · Darmstadt, GermanyPublic attention
A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current humanoids.
- 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.
- Hands
- unknown
- Movement
- Walks on legs
- Actuators & motors
- 21 DoF (6 per leg, 3 per arm, 1 waist, 2 neck) using 18 Dynamixel RX-28 and three RX-64 servos.
- Sensors & vision
- Camera, three gyroscopes and a 3-axis accelerometer.
- Compute
- CompuLab fit-PC2 with a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom plus a Renesas SuperH 7211 microcontroller.
- Battery & power
- 2100 mAh lithium-polymer battery, about 30 minutes of play.
- Materials & build
- Mostly aluminium with some rapid-prototyped parts; 58.5 cm tall and 3.3 kg.
- AI & software
- Voyage Linux with RT-Preempt real-time patch; custom C++ and XABSL behaviour software.
- Other details
- Hardware platform from Hajime Research Institute (Japan). Could run with a dynamic gait, stand up after falls and fake shots; played for the Darmstadt Dribblers in RoboCup KidSize.
Named suppliers:IntelROBOTIS (Dynamixel)Renesas Electronics
From the maker
Bruno is the only humanoid from TU Darmstadt (Darmstadt Dribblers) and Hajime Research Institute in the atlas.
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Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not publishedabout EUR 15,000 estimated hardware cost; not sold ()
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Sold or delivered
- not sold; estimated hardware cost about EUR 15,000
- Where it is sold or used
- Germany (TU Darmstadt) on a Hajime Research Institute platform
- Customers and pilots
- Darmstadt Dribblers RoboCup team
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 | BrunoTU Darmstadt (Darmstadt Dribblers) and Hajime Research Institute |  MyonNeurorobotics Research Laboratory (Manfred Hild), Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin, later Beuth University of Applied SciencesSame job: entertainment · Both walk · Both past robots |  All-new ASIMOHondaSame job: entertainment · Both walk · Both past robots |  HRP-4CAISTSame job: entertainment · Both walk · Both past robots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2010 | 2010-06 | 2011-11-08 | 2009-03-16 |
| Status | Retired | Retired | Retired | Retired |
| Height | — | 125 cm | 130 cm | 158 cm |
| Weight | — | 16 kg | 48 kg | 43 kg |
| Joints | — | 32 | 57 | 42 |
| Speed | — | — | 9 km/h | — |
| Payload | — | — | — | — |
| Battery | — | — | 0.7 h | — |
| Price | — | — | — | — |
Sources
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