Humanoid Robots

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Humanoid Robots
Humanoid Robot a robot with its overall
appearance based on the human body. Gynoid
female, Android male
Degrees of Freedom - the set of independent
displacements and/or rotations that specify
completely the displaced or deformed position and
orientation of the body or system OR the ability
to bend, move, or rotate in a given direction
The Past
1495 Leonardos robot first documented plans
for an autonomous robot 1795 - Jacques de
Vaucanson created The Flute ability to play
twelve songs on the flute 1973 - Waseda
University - Wabot-1 - communicate with a person
in Japanese 1985 Hitachi - WHL-11 - first
static walking robot taking 1 step every 13
seconds 1986 Honda began creating a series of
walking robots (E0 through E6) resulting in the
development of Asimo
The Future
The Present

• Asimo - thirty-four degrees of freedom, making it
  the most realistic and agile humanoid robot of
  today.
• Current Uses
• Research and Development
• promoting education in the sciences
• Friend
• Home Security Guard

• Assisting with the elderly
• helping a person confined to a bed or wheelchair
• help fight fires
• Help clean up toxic spills
• Military Uses
• Take over your job