"Sprout by Fauna Robotics is a portable humanoid companion and robot that uses its antenna eyebrows and light animations to express emotions. Already built to operate for its 'Creator Edition,' the device can move either indoors or outdoors without needing any restricted zones. Just like the other humanoid companions, it can walk, kneel, crawl, and sit. It can also wave, dance, and jump, as well as grip and place objects in different places."
"The portable humanoid robot is flexible for developers too because they can carry out manipulation tasks on the device using the built-in mapping and localization support. It means that Sprout can be used to collect real-world data and advance AI research across locomotion, manipulation, and interactive behavior. The device also includes microphones for voice input and supports spoken commands for tasks and navigation."
"Instead of tall, rigid, and heavy machines optimized for factories, the portable humanoid robot is compact, lightweight, and built to operate at human scale. The robot stands 1.07 meters tall and weighs 22.7 kilograms, and its proportions allow it to sit on a chair, stand beside a desk, or move through indoor spaces. The Fauna Robotics team calls it the 'deployment gap,' which is the difficulty of placing a robot from a factory to a home, given its already assigned purpose."
Sprout is a compact, lightweight humanoid companion robot built to operate at human scale both indoors and outdoors. Sprout expresses emotions via antenna-like eyebrows, LED facial displays, light animations, and body posture to create a playful, non-sterile appearance. The robot can walk, kneel, crawl, sit, wave, dance, jump, and manipulate objects by gripping and placing them. Built-in mapping and localization enable manipulation tasks, real-world data collection, and AI research across locomotion, manipulation, and interactive behavior. Integrated microphones support voice input and spoken commands for task execution and navigation. Sprout targets flexible deployment between industrial and home environments.
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