Our robots provide people with social, physical and cognitive support, mostly within a care context. Some are programmed to help people fetch objects; others prompt people to look after themselves by reminding them to, for example, drink water regularly, eat three meals a day and take their medicine.
Care-O-Bot 4
Key characteristics
- Socially interactive design
- Sophisticated mobility
- Flexible body movements
- Two powerful manipulators
- Only one in the UK for open use
Research applications
- Elderly care & domestic support
- Social robotics & human-robot interaction
Care-O-Bot 3
Key characteristics
- Task-oriented design
- Highly mobile
- Tray-tablet combination
- Single three-finger manipulator
- Well established research subject
Research applications
- Elderly care & domestic support
- Social robotics & human-robot interaction
Fetch Research Platform
Key characteristics
- Functional design
- Highly mobile & agile
- Extendable body
- Single 7 DoF manipulator
- Wide community support
Research applications
- Physical tasks & navigation
- Safety aspects of human-robot interaction
Pepper
Key characteristics
- Socially interactive humanoid
- Expressive & autonomous behaviours
- Integrated face and voice recognition
- Easy-to-use programming environment
- Commonly employed in HRI research
Research applications
- Emotions in human-robot interacion
- Social robotics & human-robot interaction
Pioneer Manipulator
Key characteristics
- Sophisticated manipulation on mobile platform
- Modular & extensible design
- Dual-hand manipulation
- Versatile & exchangable parts
- Individual components independently usable
Research applications
- Physical tasks & navigation
- Prototyping human-robot interaction
Sawyer
Key characteristics
- Stationary collaborative manipulator
- Safefy-focused design
- Animated interaction surface
- High-resolution force control
- Cage-free interaction combined with industry standards
Research applications
- Pick & place, collaborative tasks
- Kinesthetic teaching & learning
TurtleBot 2
Key characteristics
- Compact mobile base
- 3d perception & navigation
- Low-cost & portable
- Open hardware design
- Highly customisable
Research applications
- Prototyping of end-user applications & hardware design
- Non-humanoid robot assistance
Sunflower
Key characteristics
- Compact & mobile
- Laser range finder
- Touch-enabled interaction surface
- Integrated storage
- Custom & extensible hardware design
- Social signalling capabilities
Research applications
- Prototyping social behaviours
- Human-robot interaction & assistance
