Twendy One

A friendly white humanoid on a wheeled mobile base. It has red accents, including four finger gripper hands on its two jointed arms. It's face and torso are simple, with two camera eyes on the head, and sensors in its chest.
Twendy One wants to help you. Photo: Sugano Lab/Waseda University

Twendy One is a humanoid with strong arms, dexterous hands, and a mobile base. It's intended to assist the elderly in their homes by helping them move around and taking care of household tasks.

Creator

Waseda University

Year
2007
Country
Japan 🇯🇵
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How Twendy One can help humans. Video: PlasticPals

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Did you know?

Twendy One's predecessor, Wendy, was the first robot to be able to successfully crack an egg.

A friendly white humanoid uses a pair of tongs to extract a piece of bread from a toaster.
Twendy One imposes its will on a lesser machine. Photo: Sugano Lab/Waseda University
A full sized white humanoid holds a tray full of food in it's red hands.
"Breakfast in bed?" Photo: Sugano Lab/Waseda University

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A large white humanoid on a mobile base helps an adult male who is bent over trying to get out of bed.
Twendy One can help a person stand up. Photo: Sugano Lab/Waseda University

Specs

Overview

Equipped with high-performance actuators. Capable of grasping objects of various shapes and assisting a person to stand up and walk.

Status

Inactive

Year

2007

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Width
73.4 cm
Height
146.7 cm
Weight
111 kg
Speed
2.7 km/h
Sensors

Stereo cameras, five six-axis force sensors, 60 position sensors, more than 600 distributed force sensors.

Actuators

51 AC servomotors

Degrees of Freedom (DoF)
47
Materials

Silicone, plastic, and metal.

Compute

Seven Pentium processors

Software

Linux OS. Custom software.

Power

Lithium-ion battery, 30 minutes of operation