Intel / CMU's HERB (Home Exploring Robot Butler) Gets a Dual-Arm Upgrade

Intel / CMU HERB Robot Butler

FastCompany spotted a new version of HERB (Home Exploring Robot Butler) at the CMU Quality of Life Technology Center.  HERB is a joint effort between Intel Research's Personal Robotics Program and Carnegie Mellon University.  The new version sports two Barrett WAM arms on a Segway RMP mobile base and has a very distinctive rotating (instead of tilting) planar laser rangefinder.  The new HERB certainly has a unique design -- be sure to check out the photos and video below where HERB grasps objects from a table.

 

 

Intel / CMU HERB Robot Butler  Intel / CMU HERB Robot Butler

 

A video of HERB in operation: 

 

A quick comparison between the old HERB (left) that we saw plugging itself into wall outlets, and the new HERB (right).

Intel / CMU HERB Robot Butler  Intel / CMU HERB Robot Butler

 

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