2. What is a Humanoid robot Anyway?
Humanoid robot refers to any being whose body
structure resembles that of a human like head,
torso, legs, arms, hands.
4. History of humanoid
• Leonardo’s Robot
In 1495, famed inventor Leonardo da Vinci
designed a suit of armour that moved as if there was a real
person inside. It was operated by a series of pulleys and
cables, and could stand, sit, move its arms, and even raise its
visor to reveal nothing inside. The goal was merely to amuse
Milanese royalty, but modern recreations of the device have
shown that it was fully functional.
• Asimo
In 2000, one of the world’s most famous robots was first
assembled. Honda designed and developed Asimo as a multi-
functional mobile assistant that could help people with poor
mobility. It could recognize objects, gestures, sounds, and faces,
allowing it to interact with humans, and was capable of fully
autonomous navigation with a top speed of 1.8 m.p.h. Later
upgrades bumped that to 3.7 m.p.h. and added the ability to
climb stairs—something it spectactularly failed to do in its first
demonstration in December 2006 but successfully completed a
month later.
5. DRC-Hubo
Today, development of humanoid robots continues apace. The state-
of-the-art for multifunctional automata recently debuted at Darpa’s
Robotics Challenge, where a South Korean team earned victory with
its robot, DRC-Hubo. The bot successfully completed a series of tasks
that included driving a car, getting out of the vehicle, climbing steps,
opening a door, drilling a hole in a wall, and crossing some rubble
Can work in human environment
Environment and tools are adapted for us
Easier for interaction
Eases the work of humans
Because it is a dream of generations
Features
6.
7. ADVANTAGES
Safe load carrying
Good efficiency
High accuracy
Less time consuming
DISADVANTAGES
High cost
Requires specialized people for maintenance
8. PRESENT HUMANOID ROBOTS
1. The First Android
Newscaster
In 2014, Japanese scientists
proudly unveiled what they
claim to be the very first
news-reading android. The
life-like newscaster called
“Kodomoroid” read a
segment about an earthquake
and an FBI raid on live
television
How they work
Proprioceptive sensors sense the position, the orientation and the
speed of the humanoid's body and joints.
Actuators are the motors responsible for motion in the robot.
Exteroceptive sensors
Give the robot information about the surrounding environment which
is the real world
In case of humanoid robots the information allows the robot to interact
with the world
9. 2. Geminoid DK
GeminoidDK is the ultra-
realistic, humanoid robot
that resulted from a
collaboration between a
private Japanese firm and
Osaka University, under the
supervision of Hiroshi
Ishiguro, the director of the
university’s Intelligent
Robotics Laboratory.
3. Sophia
1.She was created by Hanson
Robotics and represents the latest
and greatest effort to overcome the
uncanny valley.
2.She is capable of expressing an
immense number of different
emotions through her facial features
and can gesture with full-sized arms
and hands.
10. Robotics technology in 2020:
•Microbots allow emergency responders to explore environments
that are too small or too dangerous for humans or larger robots;
deploying them in “swarms” compensates for their relatively limited
computational ability.
•Exoskeletons allow users to augment their physical strength,
helping those with physical disabilities to walk and climb, it also
finds application in the military.
•Body-machine interfaces help amputees to feed-forward controls
that detect their will to move and also receive sensorial feedback
that converts digital readings to feelings.
•Modular robots bring forth LEGO® like robotic cubes that can
arrange themselves in preset patterns to accomplish specific tasks.
•Intelligent robots combine artificial intelligence and machine
learning technologies to give robots human-like expressions and
reactions.
•Alternately powered robots use sources like solar, wind and wave
energy to be powered indefinitely and open up applications in areas
that are off-grid.
•Robotic networks emerge and allow robots to access databases,
share information and learn from one another’s experience.
•Telepresence robots act as your stand-in at remote locations saving
business travelers both time and money.
11. As the technology improves, there will be new ways to use robots
which will bring new hopes and new potential
Conclusion