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Elvis
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Country: Sweden
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Manufacturer: Chalmers University
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Year: 1998
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Height: 2'3.5in (70cm)
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Degrees of Freedom: 42
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The Elvis robot is a scale model of a full-size humanoid with a height of about 70cm, built with 42 standard servo motors giving a high degree of freedom in legs, arms and hands. Microphones, cameras and touch sensors guide the robot. The imminent goals are to walk upright and to navigate through vision serving a prototype for Priscilla. Elvis is autonomous, with onboard power supply and main processing unit, however many experiments are mainly performed with connection to a host computer (Langdon and Nordin, 2001)
Elvis is the oldest of CAT?s humanoids. Prototype 1 was assembled in the summer of 1998 and the initial projects included adaptive balance evolution and extensive hearing and vision experiments. Elvis took his first steps in July 1998 and learned to toast in October the same year. In August 1999 Elvis was equipped with a new head, torso and legs. He took his first autonomous steps in april 2000 and participated in Expo2000 in Hannover, Germany, the following summer
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