Meet REEM-H2 - Doorman Robot

Robotics is a fairly popular topic not only on Habré, but on the Web in general. Now it seems that new types of robots (not industrial) are created literally every day. Either robots-cosmonauts, then robots are peddlers of beer. In general, there are more beautiful and different robots, and all of them are gradually being improved, becoming more and more functional. This time, Pal Robotics excelled, introducing the new REEM-H2 doorman. According to the developers, this robot will be an excellent assistant in hotels, museums and office complexes.

Remembering what problems AZIMO had, the developers did not “screw” REEM-H2. He moves on a completely stable wheel chassis. As always, in such cases, the robot was made anthropomorphic, that is, similar to a man. He has a “face”, he has hands, he has a neck. In general, there is a lot of similarity with a person. The function of the eyes on the “face” is performed by two cameras with a stereoscopic effect. Thanks to its "eyes", the robot can recognize faces, the developers have created special software for this. In addition, REEM-H1 has a speech recognition function, and the developers tried to "screw" several languages ​​at once. It seems that recognition problems should not arise.

By the way, REEM-H1 can also estimate the distance to obstacles, because it was also equipped with a laser rangefinder and an ultrasonic sensor. I note that on one battery charge the doorman will be able to work for 8 hours. In principle, just for a working day and that's enough. It seems that in the same museums, where you always need to move along the same route, telling the same thing, this robot will be an ideal guide and guide. It would be nice to use this robot in large offices, for meeting guests, or in hospitals. Incidentally, the chassis also has a built-in luggage compartment, in which you can fold quite voluminous things. It is not clear whether the robot itself can reach there. The robot can carry loads of up to 30 kg in the luggage compartment, and a load of 3 kg - for each hand. Its speed is 4 kilometers per hour, quite a human speed. The "growth" of the robot is also quite human - 1.7 m.

As the hardware for controlling the robot, a PC based on Core 2 Duo + ATOM is used. And yes, the robot has 22 degrees of freedom.

In general, REEM-H2 is a jack of all trades. It is a pity that all this is known from the words of the developers, so far there are several photos available. I could not find the video from REEM-H2. Perhaps a bad search?

Here is the manufacturers website .