DLR Rollin' Justin

Rollin' Justin is a two-armed, human-sized mobile manipulator developed at the Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics of the German Aerospace Center (DLR). It combines an upper body with a wheeled platform, so the robot can move between work areas rather than reach only within a fixed workspace. DLR describes the work as autonomous, dexterous mobile manipulation, with household and space applications in mind.

DLR lists the robot at 1.91 m and about 200 kg, with 51 degrees of freedom in total. The figure includes 8 degrees of freedom in the platform, and the upper body has 43 controllable degrees of freedom. Each four-finger hand has 12 degrees of freedom. DLR gives a nominal load capacity of 20 kg, a speed of 2 m/s and more than 60 minutes of operation.

The base has four individually movable, spring-borne wheels, and DLR says the platform allows long-range autonomous operation. Torque sensors sit in nearly all joints. The sensor suite includes two balance inertial units, two stereo cameras and five RGB-D cameras.

DLR says the robot was first presented to the public in 2008, while Wikipedia gives 2009; this page follows DLR. In 2012 DLR also presented Agile Justin, an upgraded version with faster arms (see variants). DLR describes Rollin' Justin as a research platform and does not give a current deployment status.