Pneuborn

An infant shaped robot whose internal structure and electronics are exposed crawls on it's hands and knees.
This robot baby is powered by air. Photo: Osaka University

Pneuborn is a robotic infant simulator that focuses on the development of musculoskeletal systems. It can teach itself to crawl, sit, and stand using pattern generators and learning algorithms.

Creator

Osaka University

Year
2009
Country
Japan 🇯🇵
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Pneuborn learns to crawl. Video: K. Narioka/Osaka University

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The name "Pneuborn" comes from the artificial muscles that the robot uses, which are air-powered.

Two versions of the toddler robot are seen, one standing and one sitting.
Pneuborn can sit and stand. Photo: Osaka University

History

Pneuborn was designed by Koh Hosoda from Osaka University, in Japan. In 2011, Hosoda and his colleagues unveiled two pneumatically powered robot babies: Pneuborn-7II and Pneuborn-13. Pneuborn-7II is a musculoskeletal infant robot designed to explore the association between cognitive development and movement in infants. It has 19 pneumatic muscles plus a jointed, actuated spine. Pneuborn-13 is an infant-size musculoskeletal robot driven by pneumatic actuators that's learning to crawl, stand, and walk.

Specs

Overview

Design of body structures based on a real human infant. Equipped with robust pneumatic musculoskeletal system.

Status

Inactive

Year

2009

Website
Height
80 cm
Weight
6.4 kg
Sensors

External motion capture system

Actuators

McKibben pneumatic artificial muscles

Degrees of Freedom (DoF)
26
Compute

Renesas H8-3069 microcontroller

Software

Custom software in C/C++

Power

Lithium-polymer battery and external air compressor.