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Type
Humanoid Robots
Status
Humanoid emotion-expression research platform
Release Date
2012
Warranty
Unknown
Location
Poland
Last Verified
2026-07-02
1.25 m
Height
40 kg
Weight
Unknown
Payload

FLASH is a research robot capable of displaying different emotional states. It's designed to explore how people respond to robotic companions that can talk, gesticulate, and make facial expressions.

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Specifications

Basic Information

Country
Poland
Manufacturer
Wroclaw University of Technology
Release Date
2012
Robot Type
Humanoid robot

Body Specifications

Height
1.25 m
Material
Aluminum chassis, plastic parts printed in selective laser sintering and rapid-prototyping.
Weight
40 kg
Width
70 cm

Performance

Walking Speed
0.5 m/s

Degrees of Freedom

DOF per Arm
7 DoF per arm
DOF per Hand
12 DoF per hand
Head DOF
11 DoF head
Total DOF
51 DOF

Mechanical Structure

Actuator Model
Maxon brushed DC motors

Sensors

Sensors
Hokuyo URG laser range finder, Analog Devices inertial system, Microsoft Kinect, Logitech QuickCam Sphere camera.

Battery and Runtime

Runtime
2 h

Compute Platform

Onboard Compute
microATX board with Intel i7 quad-core CPU and Freescale PowerPC MPC555 CPU.
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