Durant l’International Robot Exhibition 2009, Kokoro une filiale de Sanrio, présentait un nouveau kit de Robot-Humanoid, lequel est basé sur le célèbre robot “Actroid”…

Le premier Kit, le “Human-Taype Head Basic”, est principalement destiné à l’éducation. Il va permettre d’assembler certains éléments, et de le compléter comme bon vous semble. Grâce à ce kit, les étudiants pourront apprendre à combiner de différentes manières de simples mécanismes, et mieux reproduire certaines expressions du visage.

Specs
- Moving points: 8 axes (Right eye: Right/left, Left eye: Right/left, Eyes: Up/down, Eyelids: Open/close,
Mouth: Open/close, Neck: Back/forth, Neck: Tilt right/left, Neck: Rotate)
- Drive: Pneumatic cylinder (0.2~0.5MPa, 10L/min or more recommended)
- Position detection: Potentiometers are attached to all the axes.
- 8 solenoid valves (3 position valves for “right eye: right/left”, “left eye: right/left” and “eyes: up/down”)
(with SW)
- Power source (IN: AC100~240V, OUT: DC24V (for driving valves) + DC5V (for potentiometers))
- Size: 275(H)x106(W)x185(D) (not including the base)
- Weight: 6kg

Le second Kit, le “Camera-Equipped Eye Movement” est surtout destiné à la recherche utilisant des caméras robotiques. En gros, ce sont des caméras que vous pourrez incorporer dans la tête de votre robot…

Specs
- Moving points: 3 axes (Left eye: Right/left, Right eye: Right/left, Eyes: Up/down)
- Drive: Dedicated DC motor (12V, Resolution: 256)
- Position detection: Encoder (Resolution: 256) (Attached to motor)
- Motor driver: (USB connection with an external general-purpose PC) (Accessory: Checker software)
- Camera: (DC12V, 380 thousand pixels video output, AC adapter)
(Accessories: Dedicated power source and video cable)
- Size: 110(H)x106(W)x160(D)
- Weight: 1.5kg or less
- Movable parts and the base can be removed.
- The blue-colored control base holding parts can
also be removed.
Then as the eye unit alone, you can use it in many
ways such as incorporating it into your own robot
head.
It can also support the
independent control of
right/left rotation of the eyes.
The blue-colored control
base holding parts can be
removed and placed
separately.