Pneuborn Series : Pneuborn 13

Pneuborn-13

Pneuborn-13 is a humanoid robot that was created for research purposes by Hosoda Lab and Osaka University; its sister is Pneuborn-7ii. These robo-babies are both used to study and clarify the role of embodiment and the musculoskeletal system. However, Pneuborn-13 is focused on the study of the development of bipedal walking. For this reason, researchers based the robot on a 13-month old baby, as a baby learns how to walk around this age.

Features:

• Resembles a 13-month old infant
• 18 pneumatic “muscles”
• Can stand alone and take little “steps”
• Capable of flexion, extension, adduction, abduction, and external rotation of extremities
• Knees and ankles capable of flexion and extension
• Height: 0.75 meters
• Weight: 3.9 kilograms
• Can walk for several hours without overheating