Joey Chaos

Research and development

Autonomous task execution

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Joey Chaos Capabilities

Inherent physical, perceptual, and cognitive abilities built into Joey Chaos.

Gesture recognition

Human-robot interaction

Learning

Lifelike face and expressions

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Primary Use Cases

Human-robot interaction studies, public demonstrations, conversational AI research

Deployment

Teleoperation, learned behaviors

People interaction

0.5 kg per arm

1 kg maximum

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2007

Hanson Robotics unveils Joey Chaos at the RoboBusiness Conference and Expo in Boston.

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Hanson Robotics’ Joey Chaos showed how expressive humanoids can hold a conversation, not just strike a pose

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Joey Chaos, built by Hanson Robotics, was introduced as an expressive humanoid designed to answer questions, maintain eye contact, and study how people respond to a robot with a punk-rock personality. The 2007-era demo positioned the small biped as a testbed for human-robot interaction, showing how social cues, facial animation, and speech recognition can shape a more natural encounter between people and machines.

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Joey Chaos vs Jules, NAO, Eva and Diego-San

Joey Chaos overlaps with these alternatives on Education and training and Research and development. Joey Chaos leads this group on weight but trails on max speed and runtime.

Industries and capabilities are tags, not scores: a tick means the robot is listed for it. Green marks the best figure in a row (highest max speed and runtime; lowest weight). Ranges are not ranked.

Joey Chaos compared with Jules, NAO, Eva and Diego-San: industries, capabilities, max speed, payload, runtime, weight and released
Spec	Joey ChaosHanson Robotics	JulesHanson Robotics	NAOSoftBank Robotics	EvaHanson Robotics	Diego-SanHanson Robotics
Industries
Education and training	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Research and development	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Capabilities
Lifelike face and expressions	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Autonomous task execution	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Gesture recognition	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Human-robot interaction	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Max Speed	0.14 m/s	0 m/s	0.3 m/s	0.42 m/s	0.28 m/s
Payload	People interaction	People interaction	—	—	—
Runtime	120 min	4	90 min	4 h	120 min
Weight	5 kg	5 kg	5.48 kg	25 kg	35 kg
Released	2007	2006	2008	2008	2010

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