A latest invention by MIT Media Lab is a new robot that is able to show various facial expressions such as 'slanting its
eyebrows in anger', or 'raise them in surprise', and show a wide assortment of facial expressions while communicating with
people.
This latest achievement in the field of Robotics is named NEXI as it is framed as the next generation robots which is aimed
for a range of applications for personal robots and human-robot teamwork.
The head and face of NEXI were designed by Xitome Design which is a innovative designing and development company that
specializes in robotic design and development. The expressive robotics started with a neck mechanism sporting 4 degrees of
freedom (DoF) at the base, plus pan-tilt-yaw of the head itself. The mechanism has been constructed to time the movements so
they mimic human speed. The face of NEXI has been specially designed to use gaze, eyebrows, eyelids and an articulate
mandible which helps in expressing a wide range of different emotions.
The chassis of NEXI is also advanced. It has been developed by the Laboratory for Perceptual Robotics UMASS (University of
Massachusetts), Amherst. This chassis is based on the uBot5 mobile manipulator. The mobile base can balance dynamically on
two wheels. The arms of NEXI can pick up a weight of up to 10 pounds and the plastic covering of the chassis can detect any
kind of human touch.
This project was headed by Media Lab's Cynthia Breazeal, a well known robotics expert famous for earlier expressive robots
such as Kismet. She is an Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT. She named her new product as an MDS
(mobile, dextrous, social) robot.
eyebrows in anger', or 'raise them in surprise', and show a wide assortment of facial expressions while communicating with
people.
This latest achievement in the field of Robotics is named NEXI as it is framed as the next generation robots which is aimed
for a range of applications for personal robots and human-robot teamwork.
The head and face of NEXI were designed by Xitome Design which is a innovative designing and development company that
specializes in robotic design and development. The expressive robotics started with a neck mechanism sporting 4 degrees of
freedom (DoF) at the base, plus pan-tilt-yaw of the head itself. The mechanism has been constructed to time the movements so
they mimic human speed. The face of NEXI has been specially designed to use gaze, eyebrows, eyelids and an articulate
mandible which helps in expressing a wide range of different emotions.
The chassis of NEXI is also advanced. It has been developed by the Laboratory for Perceptual Robotics UMASS (University of
Massachusetts), Amherst. This chassis is based on the uBot5 mobile manipulator. The mobile base can balance dynamically on
two wheels. The arms of NEXI can pick up a weight of up to 10 pounds and the plastic covering of the chassis can detect any
kind of human touch.
This project was headed by Media Lab's Cynthia Breazeal, a well known robotics expert famous for earlier expressive robots
such as Kismet. She is an Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT. She named her new product as an MDS
(mobile, dextrous, social) robot.
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