JSK Laboratory, University of Tokyo · research humanoid
Kenta
A tendon-driven humanoid whose torso bends through a multi-joint spine like a person's, built to study adjustable stiffness and posture. First described at ISRR 2001 and detailed at IROS 2002, it began the JSK line of spined musculoskeletal humanoids followed by Kenji, Kotaro, Kojiro, Kenshiro and Kengoro.
- Price
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- Height
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- Weight
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- Payload
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- Speed
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- Battery
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Why it matters
An early whole-body tendon-driven humanoid with a flexible, many-jointed spine; its ICRA 2003 paper was a best-paper finalist.
Real-world use
No customers or deployments reported yet.
Public 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
No component details published yet.
- Hands
- simple
- Movement
- Stationary
Lineage
Every University of Tokyo JSK Lab (Ikuo Mizuuchi, Masayuki Inaba, Hirochika Inoue) humanoid in order.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
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. Few robots match closely, so these are the nearest matches. How we choose
| Measure | KentaUniversity of Tokyo JSK Lab (Ikuo Mizuuchi, Masayuki Inaba, Hirochika Inoue) |  DB (Dynamic Brain)ATR and JST ERATO Kawato Dynamic Brain Project, hardware by SARCOSSame job: research · Both fixed in place · Both past robots | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useSaikaUniversity of Tokyo (Inoue-Inaba lab)Same job: research · Both fixed in place · Both past robots |
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| First shown | 2001 | 2000 | 1996 |
| Status | Retired | Retired | Retired |
| Height | — | 185 cm | — |
| Weight | — | 80 kg | 8 kg |
| Joints | — | 30 | — |
| Speed | — | — | — |
| Payload | — | — | — |
| Battery | — | — | — |
| Price | — | — | — |
Sources
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