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Torobo

About

About Torobo

Torobo is Tokyo Robotics' wheeled dual-arm platform for machine-learning research and tasks involving controlled contact with objects and the surrounding environment. Seven-axis arms, a three-axis waist and an omnidirectional mobile base provide a broad manipulation workspace. Torque sensors in the arms and waist support impedance control, compliant contact and force-controlled work such as assembly and object handling.

ROS-based software includes Cartesian control, trajectory planning, self-interference detection and safety stops. Researchers can develop and test programs in simulation before running them on the robot, using MoveIt, MuJoCo and Isaac Sim tooling. Head sensors, end-effectors and additional image-processing compute are configuration options. The current platform remains under development and uses wheels for mobility; its workspace and motion control are organised around reaching and manipulation.

Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

  • Object manipulation

    Claimed - Throw a ball using the current model’s advertised faster arm motion.

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Supply

Supply / Components

  • Torobo

    Gpu - Compute & Control - NVIDIA - Tokyo Robotics specifies an optional onboard NVIDIA RTX 4070 PC for Torobo, which is under development - source: robotics.tokyo

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Research

  • Tokyo Robotics Torobo simulation models and examples

    2024-10-24 - Research Publication - Tokyo Robotics publishes MuJoCo models and example scripts for Torobo 2, Torobo hands and a separate leg prototype. The repository includes pitching-motion examples and trained hand-reorientation and leg-walking policies; companion USD assets support Isaac Sim.

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Resources

Curated durable documents and official technical references.

Context

Market context

Research robot platform from Tokyo Robotics, giving robotics teams a flexible hardware base for manipulation, control, and embodied AI development.

  • Target environment: Structured robotics environments where the system can be evaluated against a defined task and operating setting.
  • Workflow context: Task execution, platform development, integration testing and robot operation around a defined workflow.
  • Customer context: Developers, operators, researchers and partners evaluating the product for robotics workflows.
  • Deployment model: Commercial or available product positioned for customer use, integration or developer adoption.
  • Commercial maturity: Publicly presented as commercial or available, with maturity depending on deployment scale and support coverage.
  • Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on task proof, reliability, integration, safety, support and fit with the target operating environment.
  • Market position: Torobo sits in a robotics product lane defined by its operating workflow, maturity and integration needs.
  • Adjacent products: Adjacent systems depend on the robot form factor, autonomy layer and target workflow.

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