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Humanoids: An Introductory View On Robots Resembling Human

Humanoid robots are robots designed to resemble the human form. They typically have a torso with a head, two arms and two legs. Some have faces with eyes and mouths as well. Humanoid robots are designed to interact with tools and environments made for humans. They are autonomous and can adapt to changes, learn new skills, and safely interact with humans and the environment. Researchers are developing humanoid robots to help understand human intelligence, cognition, and biomechanics. Current applications include research, assisting the elderly or with dangerous jobs, and entertainment like theme park shows. Future uses may include space exploration missions.

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Humanoids: An Introductory View On Robots Resembling Human

Humanoid robots are robots designed to resemble the human form. They typically have a torso with a head, two arms and two legs. Some have faces with eyes and mouths as well. Humanoid robots are designed to interact with tools and environments made for humans. They are autonomous and can adapt to changes, learn new skills, and safely interact with humans and the environment. Researchers are developing humanoid robots to help understand human intelligence, cognition, and biomechanics. Current applications include research, assisting the elderly or with dangerous jobs, and entertainment like theme park shows. Future uses may include space exploration missions.

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HUMANOIDS

An introductory view on robots resembling human...


Definition :

A humanoid robot is a robot with its overall appearance based on that of


the human body, allowing interaction with made-for-human tools or
environments. In general humanoid robots have a torso with a head, two
arms and two legs, although some forms of humanoid robots may model
only part of the body, for example, from the waist up. Some humanoid
robots may also have a 'face', with 'eyes' and 'mouth'. Androids are
humanoid robots built to aesthetically resemble a human.

Requirements and general structure:

A humanoid robot is an autonomous robot because it can adapt to changes


in its environment or itself and continue to reach its goal. This is the main
difference between humanoid and other kinds of robots. In this context,
some of the capacities of a humanoid robot may include, among others:

 self-maintenance (recharge itself)


 autonomous learning (learn or gain new capabilities without outside
assistance, adjust strategies based on the surroundings and adapt to
new situations)
 avoiding harmful situations to people, property, and itself
 safe interacting with human beings and the environment

Like other mechanical robots, humanoid refer to the following basic


components too: Sensing, Actuating and Planning and Control. Since they
try to simulate the human structure and behaviour and they are
autonomous systems, most of the times humanoid robots are more
complex than other kinds of robots.

Humanoid robots are created to imitate some of the same physical and
mental tasks that humans undergo daily. Scientists and specialists from
many different fields including engineering, cognitive science, and
linguistics combine their efforts to create a robot as human-like as possible.
Their creators' goal for the robot is that one day it will be able to both
understand human intelligence, reason and act like humans. If humanoids
are able to do so, they could eventually work alongside humans. Another
important benefit of developing androids is to understand the human
body's biological and mental processes, from the seemingly simple act of
walking to the concepts of consciousness and spirituality. Right now they
are used for welding. In the future they can greatly assist humans by
welding and mining for coal.

There are currently two ways to model a humanoid robot. The first one
models the robot like a set of rigid links, which are connected with joints.
This kind of structure is similar to the one that can be found in industrial
robots. Although this approach is used for most of the humanoid robots, a
new one is emerging in some research works that use the knowledge
acquired on biomechanics. In this one, the humanoid robot's bottom line is
a resemblance of the human skeleton.

Intended applications :

Humanoid robots are used as a research tool in several scientific areas.

Researchers need to understand the human body structure and behaviour


(biomechanics) to build and study humanoid robots. On the other side, the
attempt to simulate the human body leads to a better understanding of it.

Human cognition is a field of study which is focused on how humans learn


from sensory information in order to acquire perceptual and motor skills.
This knowledge is used to develop computational models of human
behaviour and it has been improving over time.

It has been suggested that very advanced robotics will facilitate the
enhancement of ordinary humans. See transhumanism.

Although the initial aim of humanoid research was to build better orthosis
and prosthesis for human beings, knowledge has been transferred between
both disciplines. A few examples are: powered leg prosthesis for
neuromuscularly impaired, ankle-foot orthosis, biological realistic leg
prosthesis and forearm prosthesis.

Besides the research, humanoid robots are being developed to perform


human tasks like personal assistance, where they should be able to assist
the sick and elderly, and dirty or dangerous jobs. Regular jobs like being a
receptionist or a worker of an automotive manufacturing line are also
suitable for humanoids. In essence, since they can use tools and operate
equipment and vehicles designed for the human form, humanoids could
theoretically perform any task a human being can, so long as they have the
proper software. However, the complexity of doing so is deceptively great.

They are becoming increasingly popular for providing entertainment too.


For example, Ursula, a female robot, sings, dances, and speaks to her
audiences at Universal Studios. Several Disney attractions employ the use
of animatrons, robots that look, move, and speak much like human beings,
in some of their theme park shows. These animatrons look so realistic that
it can be hard to decipher from a distance whether or not they are actually
human. Although they have a realistic look, they have no cognition or
physical autonomy.

Humanoid robots, especially with artificial intelligence algorithms, could be


useful for future dangerous and/or distant space exploration missions,
without having the need to turn back around again and return to Earth
once the mission is completed.

Some pictures :

Source: net : en.wikipedia.org

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