ARMAR-7

ARMAR-7 is the latest humanoid robot from KIT's ARMAR family, engineered for assistance in human environments like households and care facilities. Featuring dual torque-controlled 8-DoF arms, underactuated five-finger humanoid hands, a head with stereo vision, a torso, and a holonomic mobile platform, it stands at anthropomorphic dimensions for seamless interaction. With 32 controllable degrees of freedom driven by EtherCAT, it integrates torque sensors in joints, force-torque sensors in wrists, and absolute encoders for precise manipulation. ARMAR-7 excels in tasks such as opening doors, loading dishwashers, handing over objects, and recognizing speech commands like "Bring me the milk." It learns from human demonstrations via imitation learning, processes visual data for object recognition, interprets gestures and intentions, and employs cognitive architecture for contextual understanding, error recovery, and autonomous adaptation in daily activities.