Erica
Price
Price not publicly disclosed
No defensible public pricing observation is documented yet.
Key facts
Values reflect the public record
- Height
- 166 cmThird-party source
- Weight
- 23 kg
- Payload
- No public data documented
- Degrees of freedom
- 44Peer reviewed
- Runtime
- No public data documented
- Max speed
- No public data documented
Canonical robot record
Overview
Erica, short for ERATO Intelligent Conversational Android, is an autonomous android created within the JST/ERATO Ishiguro Symbiotic Human-Robot Interaction Project, a collaboration among Hiroshi Ishiguro Laboratories at ATR, Osaka University, and Kyoto University in Japan. She is built as a research and development platform for autonomous conversational robots that can communicate through voice, bodily gestures, facial expressions, eye contact, and touch. Her appearance was designed for a natural, approachable look, with silicone-resin skin and a human-hair wig, and she speaks using high-quality speech synthesis. The project goal is to realize androids that can naturally interact with people and be socially involved in everyday life.
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- Spec sources
- 2 linked
- Verification
- Partially verified · 4/6 specs source-verified
- Deployment
- Research platform
- Last verified
- Jul 17, 2026
Key Features
- Autonomous conversational interaction using voice recognition and high-quality speech synthesis
- Pneumatic actuators that drive smooth, low-noise body movement
- Multimodal sensing system with cameras, microphones, and a microphone array to recognize people, speech, and speaker position
- Human-like facial expressions, gestures, and eye contact for natural communication
- Realistic appearance with silicone-resin skin and a human-hair wig
- Operated as a research and development platform within the JST/ERATO Ishiguro project
Specifications
Grouped technical data with source detail available on demand.
6 documented values
Mechanics
| Degrees of Freedom | 44Peer reviewedVerified Jul 10, 2026 IEEE RO-MAN 2016 (Glas et al.) |
|---|---|
| Locomotion | StationaryPeer reviewedVerified Jul 10, 2026 IEEE RO-MAN 2016 (Glas et al.) |
| Actuators | Pneumatic actuators Unverified |
Physical
| Height | 166 cmThird-party sourceVerified Jul 10, 2026 IEEE Robots Guide |
|---|---|
| Weight | 23 kg Unverified |
Sensing
| Sensors | 2 CMOS cameras (eyes), 2 microphones (ears); external microphone arrays and range findersPeer reviewedVerified Jul 10, 2026 IEEE RO-MAN 2016 (Glas et al.) |
|---|
Evidence & changelog
Sources behind this record and material corrections made over time.
Sources
- IEEE RO-MAN 2016 (Glas et al.) - record-surgery-3 verification · IEEE RO-MAN 2016 (Glas et al.) — cites Degrees of Freedom, Sensors, Locomotion
- IEEE Robots Guide - record-surgery-3 verification · IEEE Robots Guide — cites Height
Record changelog
- Sensors: Microphones, cameras changed to 2 CMOS cameras (eyes), 2 microphones (ears); external microphone arrays and range finders · Jul 10, 2026
record-surgery-3 verification (corrected): Paper: on-board = two 1280x1024 30fps NCM13-J USB eye cameras + two Sony ECM-C10 omnidirectional condenser ear mics; most sensing is a wired external network
- Height: 165 cm changed to 166 cm · Jul 10, 2026
record-surgery-3 verification (corrected): IEEE Robots Guide lists 166 cm. Reconciles the t5 flag: core height_mm 1660 is correct; the 1650 spec row was the drift. No height published on ATR/Osaka/JST
- Degrees of Freedom: 19 changed to 44 · Jul 10, 2026
record-surgery-3 verification (corrected): Paper: 'ERICA's body has 44 degrees of freedom (DOF)... of which 19 are controllable' (2016 platform; arms/legs not yet actuated then). Total-body DOF conven
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- Headquarters
- No public data documented
- Founded
- No public data documented
- Website
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