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Type
Humanoid Robots
Status
Infant cognitive-development humanoid research platform
Release Date
2010
Warranty
Unknown
Location
Unknown
Last Verified
2026-07-02
1.3 m
Height
35 kg
Weight
Unknown
Payload

Diego-san is a humanoid designed to study cognitive development. It's modeled after a 1-year-old baby, except it has a giant head to accommodate all the hardware that powers its expressive face.

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Specifications

Basic Information

Country
United States
Release Date
2010
Robot Type
Humanoid robot

Body Specifications

Height
1.3 m
Material
Aluminum structure, acrylic shell, and rubber face.
Weight
35 kg
Width
70 cm

Degrees of Freedom

DOF per Arm
8 DoF per arm
DOF per Hand
3 DoF per hand
Head DOF
27 electric servos for facial expression
DOF per Leg
7 DoF per leg
Total DOF
71 DOF

Mechanical Structure

Actuator Model
44 pneumatic actuators for body joints and 18 electric RC servos for the face.

Sensors

Sensors
Two Point Grey Dragonfly2 cameras, two microphones, two inertial measurement units, 38 potentiometers, 88 pressure sensors.

Compute Platform

Onboard Compute
Intel Xeon 2.8 GHz computer with 12 cores. Analog sensors and pneumatic actuators connected to the computer using a National Instruments data acquisition system.
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