Fujitsu Automation Starts Marketing Humanoid Robot
July 11, 2005 -- Fujitsu Automation has announced that the company, in collaboration with Fujitsu Laboratories, has developed HOAP-3, a humanoid robot which can process and interpret sounds and visual images.
Measuring 60cm in height and 8.8kg in weight, HOARP-3 has various sensors to enable high-level kinetic expressions.
The robot is powered by an Intel Pentium M Processor 1.1GHz and also has IEEE802.11g wireless LAN capability to support computer-enabled control.
Fujitsu Automation plans to ship 100 units over the next three years, targeting researchers in robotics and communication studies.