身長180センチの新しいヒト型ロボット

身長6フィート（180cm）、体重100－200ポンド（45－90kg）の新しいヒューマノイドを開発中のベンチャー企業があるという。名前はNordstrom Robotics。

LinkedInのPersonal Robotics Groupで同社の創業者のJames Nordstrom氏がコメントしていることで知った。低価格で耐久性のある、大人サイズのヒューマノイドを開発中という。最初の商品「HAAP」（Humanoid as a Platform）を25,000ドルで今年末から来年初めにかけて発売したいとのことだ。アプリケーションはファーストフード店や工場の従業員、ガードマンなど。

こりゃまた大きなロボットを！

彼の書き込みを以下にコピー。

My company Nordstrom Robotics is developing a low cost, durable, full size Humanoid. Our initial development has been focused on the physical robot (hardware, motors, sensors, etc.) as opposed to the operating software. We have started to look at a number of open source projects such as ROS but are starting to think of releasing an initial product called HAAP (Humanoid As A Platform) that would enable developers to develop their one operating software. HAAP would come with a base event driven software stack (sensor data, limb position, etc.) and an API to controls the limbs. I wanted to ask the community if you would be interested in the HAAP platform and the hardware features you would like to see. Here are some of the planed specs: 6 feet tall, 150/200 pounds, reproduces 80% of human range of motion, 50% faster and stronger than the average human, day/night vision, resilient to shock and impact, made of high impact durable plastics and weather resistant (Water, extreme cold/heat and sand proof models available soon). Electronics: 360 degree cameras with optical and digital zoom, stereo/night vision and thermal imaging, dual microphones for audio input, speakers for speech, bidirectional long range audio/video transmission, limb position sensors, temperature sensors, accelerometers and gyroscopes, pressure sensors (touch), GPS, motor controllers, x86 processors and SSD hard drives. The estimated unit cost will be around $25,000.