PAL Robotics Introduces The REEM-C Robot

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PAL Robotics of Spain recently introduced the latest version of their REEM humanoid robot series, the REEM-C. In a promotional video, the robot deliberately walks through an office showing that human-sized robots may be appropriate for some research applications.

Spanish-based PAL Robotics recently unveiled the latest version of their REEM Robot, the REEM-C.

REEM-C is designed as a research platform for robotics work in walking, grasping, navigation, vision, speech recognition and multiple language text to speech.

Standing at 165 cm (5.4 feet) tall and weighing 70 kg (154.3 Lbs), the REEM-C has 44 degrees of freedom  (6 x leg, 7 x arm, 7 x hand, 2 in torso (waist), 2 in head (neck)).

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Unlike other humanoid robots, PAL has designed the REEM-C to be human-sized, to fit into the environment.

So standing side-by-side the REEM-C would tower over other robots like Honda's ASIMO or Aldebaran's NAO.  The REEM-C does not look robust and ready to tackle other robotics challenges like the DRC yet though.

Certainly not the speediest humanoid robot available, REEM-C has a maximum walking speed of 0.28 m/s (.92 ft/sec).  That said, the gait and walking of the robot seems very natural and efficient in the video above.

The Linux-based robot uses a Intel Core i7-2710QE processor and has 60 GB of onboard storage.

SOURCE  PAL Robotics

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