Ambidex is NAVER LABS' lightweight cable-driven dual-arm robot designed for safe, human-like manipulation and haptic control in research environments.
Target environment: Research labs, robotics development facilities and human-robot interaction research spaces.
Workflow context: Dual-arm manipulation, haptic interaction, teleoperation and embodied AI research using cable-driven actuation for safe physical interaction.
Customer context: Robotics researchers, manipulation labs and AI teams studying safe physical human-robot interaction.
Deployment model: Research platform available through NAVER LABS product channels.
Commercial maturity: Active research platform with strong academic and industry research adoption.
Adoption constraints: Cable-driven design prioritizes safety and compliance over payload and speed. Best suited to research rather than production environments.
Market position: A manipulation-first research platform focused on safe physical interaction. Sits in the mobile manipulation research space alongside other dual-arm platforms.
Dual-arm manipulation, haptic interaction, teleoperation and embodied AI research using cable-driven actuation for safe physical interaction.
Deployment environment
Research labs, robotics development facilities and human-robot interaction research spaces.
Specifications
Maximum speed: 5 m/s
Arm Weight Kg: 2.6 kg per arm
Dof Per Arm: 7
Payload Per Arm: 3 kg max
Battery Life: 480 minutes (8 hours)
Configuration: dual-arm humanoid robot with sensor head, torso, waist (evolved from arm-only version unveiled 2017)
actuation and motion control: innovative cable-driven mechanisms mimicking human muscle function providing lightweight, flexible, fast arm movements with high precision and safe force control
Gripper: BLT Gripper capable of changing to various grasping methods
robotics sensors: force and position sensors integrated with cable-driven mechanisms, haptic sensors for tactile feedback, vision sensors for task environment perception, sensor head for object perception
Software: real-time motion planning and control algorithms, AI learning modules for task adaptation, remote operation software supporting 5G connectivity, physical intelligence learning (closed source)
Physical Intelligence: ability to learn humans' physical intelligence (motor/physical capabilities performed naturally by humans but difficult to verbalize/digitalize), concept by Professor Sangbae Kim (MIT Biomimetic…
Safety: innovative force transfer mechanism satisfying both robustness and safety, safe for human interaction at speeds up to 5 m/s