MIT AI Lab · Humanoid · 1993
An influential upper-torso humanoid built from 1993 in Rodney Brooks' lab at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory to explore embodied cognition — the theory that human-like intelligence requires a human-like body. Cog began as a 14-DOF torso with one arm and grew to two six-DOF arms, a seven-DOF head and a three-joint torso (~22 DOF), with visual, auditory, vestibular, kinesthetic and tactile senses. Its series-elastic arms were deliberately safe to touch. It demonstrated reaching, smooth-pursuit tracking, saccades, vergence, imitation (nodding/shaking) and joint attention. Alumni of the project include Cynthia Breazeal, Brian Scassellati and Aaron Edsinger.
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View full interactive profile, comparisons & videos →| Category | Humanoid |
| Status | Active |
| Year | 1993 |
| Degrees of freedom | 21 |
| Camera | Stereo cameras (narrow + wide FOV per eye) |
| Actuator type | Electric (series-elastic) |
| Use cases | Embodied-cognition research, Developmental robotics, HRI research |
| Made in | USA (MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory) |