ARI
ARI is a socially interactive wheeled humanoid from Barcelona-based PAL Robotics, standing 165 cm tall on a differential-drive base at up to 1.5 m/s with 8–12 hours of battery autonomy and optional 5-DoF expressive arms. It includes Intel i5/i7 compute with ROS Noetic, an 8MP and RealSense RGB-D camera system, a 4-microphone array, a 10.1-inch touchscreen, and built-in face detection and speech recognition. ARI targets hospitals, airports, retail environments, and HRI research labs.
Primary use case: An assistive and social robotics platform combining service robotics with artificial intelligence.
Specifications
Physical
Locomotion
unknown
Manipulation
Hand Type
unknown
Power & Autonomy
Autonomy Level
unknown
Commercial
Availability
unknown
Primary Use Case
An assistive and social robotics platform combining service robotics with artificial intelligence.
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