RoboThespian, life-size humanoid acting robot, Engineered Arts Limited, Penryn, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

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Robot's world EP 2: domestic servants

Published on Jun 23, 2016

Featuring Robot, R2D2, C3PO(ish), Roomba and a very "special dishwasher". In this instalment of Robot's World, Robot discusses the topic of Robot's as domestic servants. And he has some advice for you, delivered in his normal humble and pithy style. Enjoy!

 

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Article "RoboThespian gets its own YouTube channel"

by Kassie Perlongo
June 24, 2016

 

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Robothespian: amazing telepresence demo with humanoid robot

Published on Jul 11, 2016

This is a demonstration of Engineered Art's telepresence app on it's Robothespian Humanoid robot. Although recorded multiple times to capture different camera angles, what you are seeing is a real conversation with Robothespian. It is being controlled and voiced remotely over the internet. There is no trickery here. Although we scripted some of the conversation to ensure it was repeatable, none of the content was pre-programmed. It was all created in real time using a headset and the telepresence app. It is an excellent way to ensure genuine human interaction, without being tripped up with it's complexities.

 

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Robothespian: Telepresence app breakdown

Published on Jul 25, 2016

This is a breakdown of Engineered Art's telepresence technology used in the previously shown demo.

 

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Robothespian: Machine Man

Published on Sep 7, 2016

Robothespian is a very complex machine. This short video shows you the journey of just one valve block. An integral part of ensuring the pneumatics work correctly. Essential for Robothespian to be able to move and express himself. We travel from the design process, using Autodesk inventor, through CAM simulation, manufacture using a 5-axis CNC machine, inspection, PCB design, assembly, and finally on a real robot. All completed in house, at Engineered Arts.

 

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RoboThespian beginner tutorial one: out of the box

Published on Apr 6, 2016

This is the first in series of tutorial videos designed to allow users of all abilities to make the most out of their RoboThespian. Tutorial One shows just how easy it is to get RoboThespian out of the box and working.

 

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RoboThespian Sings Jungle Book Parody "King of the Robots"

Published on Apr 10, 2017

Engineered Arts' RoboThespian performs a parody of Jungle Book's "I Wanna Be Like You" (The Monkey Song). Through the medium of song, RoboThespian tries to barter himself a pair of walking legs, much to the disapproval of his human counterpart.

 

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Custom RoboThespian: Robocop

Published on Jun 5, 2017

Custom version RoboThespian performs an excerpt from "RoboCop" All our robots can be customised to your specification. All RoboThespians come pre-loaded with this impression, among others.

 

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RoboThespian research: complete interaction

Published on Aug 24, 2017

Kaiserslautern Technical University used Engineered Art's IDE and RoboThespian as a platform to develop their own software that allows RoboThespian to recognise dynamic gestures, facial recognition, parse third-party databases to name a few. These all combine to make a completely automated interaction. You can see more of their work in this playlist or by using the following link.

 

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RoboThespian: 6 robots dance in sync through their test routine

Published on Apr 3, 2018

Insert "Thriller" music here! 6 partially assembled RoboThespians go through a test sequence all at once. Could be the next big dance troop. (8x speed)