Jimmy

The 21st Century Robot project of Intel and Trossen Robotics is aiming to make domestic robots a realty with the 3D-printed robot Jimmy powered by the Intel’s new Edison development board.

Jimmy is based on Interbotix Labs HR-OS1 Humanoid Endoskeleton Robot, an open source humanoid robot platform. The HR-OS1 is powered by an onboard Linux computer giving you all the processing power you need to run the robot. This robot can be customized with 3D printed armor and components to change the form and function of the robot. The HR-OS1 is a hackable, modular, humanoid robot development platform designed from the ground up with customization and modification in mind. A node.js interface and API have been created to enable apps and other computers on the network to interface with the robot via wifi.

The HR-OS1 has twenty actuators and stands 42cm tall, and is powered by a 2,000 mAh battery. Sensors include a gyroscope and accelerometer, and there's also support for an optional XBee communication interface.

The frame itself is made of aluminum, and Trossen plans to make the design for it, the subcontroller, and the 3D shells that clad Jimmy all as open-source. That way, more avid tinkerers will be able to come up with their own designs.

The brains of the whole thing, though, is Edison. The new system-on-a-chip uses an Atom dualcore processor and a single core microcontroller, together with WiFi, Bluetooth LE, the required memory, and storage. In the case of Trossen Robotics, it'll use Node.js, but Edison is also compatible with Yocto Linux, Arduino, Python, and Wolfram, and supports over thirty I/O interfaces courtesy of its 70-pin connector.

21st Century Robot project: http://www.21stcenturyrobot.com

Trossen Robotics: http://www.trossenrobotics.com