BRUCE
BRUCE is a kid size bipedal robot developed at UCLA's Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory under Dennis Hong, with proprioceptive actuators and an open software stack intended for dynamic locomotion research. Westwood Robotics sells it as a research kit. It follows RoMeLa's earlier open platforms such as DARwIn-OP.
We have not sat down with this one. The score below is computed from the data we hold, and the facts on this page are sourced. It is not on sale, so there is nothing to recommend.
How the score is built
Capability is what the machine physically does. Value compares it with others at a similar price, not with the whole market. Buyability asks whether you can really order one. Ecosystem is the software and community around it. Proof is what it has done in the field, which is where most humanoids score badly and should.
What people buy instead.
- Status
- Research
- Category
- research
- First revealed
- 2022
- Form
- bipedal
- Height
- n/a
- Weight
- n/a
- Payload
- n/a
- Degrees of freedom
- 16
- Battery
- n/a
- Runtime
- n/a
- Walking speed
- n/a
- Actuation
- electric, proprioceptive actuators
- Units deployed (est.)
- not disclosed
- Teleoperation
- no
Where it stands
Open platform from UCLA's RoMeLa lab, commercialised as a kit by Westwood Robotics.
What stands out
- Open research platform from RoMeLa
- Proprioceptive actuators for dynamic walking
- Sold as a kit by Westwood Robotics
Autonomy, observed
Dynamic walking and balance demonstrations in the lab
Hands, sensors, brain
- Hands: none
- Sensors: IMU, joint encoders
- Compute: onboard computer
- AI stack: open control software
Price and volume
kit price from Westwood Robotics not public
Open source
Software open; hardware sold as a kit
Sources
- 01BRUCEUCLA RoMeLa
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