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Humanoid robot

Index Humanoid robot

A humanoid robot is a robot with its body shape built to resemble the human body. [1]

140 relations: Accelerometer, Actroid, Actuator, Algorithm, Android (robot), Artificial intelligence, ASIMO, Assembly line, Audrey Hepburn, Automaton, Bellows, Bipedalism, Brigitte Helm, Cambridge University Press, Camshaft, Charge-coupled device, Compressibility, Computer vision, Control theory, Cybernetics, Cylinder (engine), DARPA Robotics Challenge, DARwIn-OP, David Hanson (robotics designer), Degrees of freedom (mechanics), Diwakar Vaish, Dynamics (mechanics), Earth, Elderly care, Elephant clock, Eric (robot), FedEx Institute of Technology, Festival della Scienza, Film, Fritz Lang, Fujitsu, Gait, Gas, General Motors, George Devol, German Aerospace Center, Google, Gynoid, Hand washing, Hero of Alexandria, Hiroshi Ishiguro, History (U.S. TV network), HOAP, Honda, Honda E series, ..., Hong Kong, HRP-4C, Human body, Hydra (chess), Hydraulics, ICub, Inclinometer, Industrial robot, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, International Robot Exhibition, Isaac Asimov, Isfahan University of Technology, Ismail al-Jazari, Jacques de Vaucanson, Japan, John Wiley & Sons, Joint, Joseph Needham, Justin (robot), Karel Čapek, KHR-1, Leonardo da Vinci, Leonardo's robot, Liezi, Mahout, MAHRU & AHRA, Manav (robot), Maschinenmensch, Metropolis (1927 film), Microphone, Mihajlo Pupin Institute, Miomir Vukobratović, Muscle, Nadia Magnenat Thalmann, Nadine Social Robot, Nanyang Technological University, Nao (robot), NASA, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Nikola Tesla, Norbert Wiener, Orthotics, Osaka University, Oussama Khatib, Pepper (robot), Philip K. Dick, Pierre Jaquet-Droz, Piezoelectricity, Plug & Pray, Pneumatic artificial muscles, Pneumatics, Polyurethane, Proprioception, Prosthesis, QRIO, R.U.R., REEM, RoboCup, Robot, Robotic paradigm, Robotics, RoboTurk, Sabancı University, Salvius, Sensor, Shadow Hand, Social robot, Software, Sony, Sophia (robot), Space exploration, Spaceflight, Surena (robot), Table tennis, Tactile sensor, Technical University of Munich, Three Laws of Robotics, TOPIO, Trajectory, Transhumanism, Ultrasound, Unimate, Unimation, University of Memphis, Ursula (The Little Mermaid), Wakamaru, Walking, Waseda University, Water wheel, Zero moment point. Expand index (90 more) »

Accelerometer

An accelerometer is a device that measures proper acceleration.

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Actroid

Actroid is a type of android (humanoid robot) with strong visual human-likeness developed by Osaka University and manufactured by Kokoro Company Ltd.

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Actuator

An actuator is a component of a machine that is responsible for moving and controlling a mechanism or system, for example by opening a valve.

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Algorithm

In mathematics and computer science, an algorithm is an unambiguous specification of how to solve a class of problems.

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Android (robot)

An android is a humanoid robot or synthetic organism designed to look and act like a human, especially one with a body having a flesh-like resemblance.

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Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI, also machine intelligence, MI) is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence (NI) displayed by humans and other animals.

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ASIMO

ASIMO (whose name comes from English initials or words Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility) is a humanoid robot created by Honda in 2000.

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Assembly line

An assembly line is a manufacturing process (often called a progressive assembly) in which parts (usually interchangeable parts) are added as the semi-finished assembly moves from workstation to workstation where the parts are added in sequence until the final assembly is produced.

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Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn (born Audrey Kathleen Ruston; 4 May 192920 January 1993) was a British actress, model, dancer and humanitarian.

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Automaton

An automaton (plural: automata or automatons) is a self-operating machine, or a machine or control mechanism designed to automatically follow a predetermined sequence of operations, or respond to predetermined instructions.

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Bellows

A bellows or pair of bellows is a device constructed to furnish a strong blast of air.

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Bipedalism

Bipedalism is a form of terrestrial locomotion where an organism moves by means of its two rear limbs or legs.

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Brigitte Helm

Brigitte Helm (17 March 1906 – 11 June 1996) was a German actress, best remembered for her dual role as Maria and her double, the Maschinenmensch, in Fritz Lang's 1927 silent film Metropolis.

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Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press (CUP) is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge.

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Camshaft

A camshaft is a shaft to which a cam is fastened or of which a cam forms an integral part.

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Charge-coupled device

A charge-coupled device (CCD) is a device for the movement of electrical charge, usually from within the device to an area where the charge can be manipulated, for example conversion into a digital value.

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Compressibility

In thermodynamics and fluid mechanics, compressibility (also known as the coefficient of compressibility or isothermal compressibility) is a measure of the relative volume change of a fluid or solid as a response to a pressure (or mean stress) change.

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Computer vision

Computer vision is a field that deals with how computers can be made for gaining high-level understanding from digital images or videos.

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Control theory

Control theory in control systems engineering deals with the control of continuously operating dynamical systems in engineered processes and machines.

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Cybernetics

Cybernetics is a transdisciplinary approach for exploring regulatory systems—their structures, constraints, and possibilities.

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Cylinder (engine)

A cylinder is the central working part of a reciprocating engine or pump, the space in which a piston travels.

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DARPA Robotics Challenge

The DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) was a prize competition funded by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

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DARwIn-OP

DARWIN-OP which stands for Dynamic Anthropomorphic Robot with Intelligence–Open Platform is a miniature-humanoid robot platform with advanced computational power, sophisticated sensors, high payload capacity, and dynamic motion ability developed and manufactured by Korean robot manufacturer Robotis in collaboration with Virginia Tech, Purdue University,and University of Pennsylvania.

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David Hanson (robotics designer)

Dr.

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Degrees of freedom (mechanics)

In physics, the degree of freedom (DOF) of a mechanical system is the number of independent parameters that define its configuration.

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Diwakar Vaish

Diwakar Vaish (born 23 July 1992) is an Indian born robotics researcher and Head of Robotics and Research at A-SET Training and Research Institutes (2010–present).

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Dynamics (mechanics)

Dynamics is the branch of applied mathematics (specifically classical mechanics) concerned with the study of forces and torques and their effect on motion, as opposed to kinematics, which studies the motion of objects without reference to these forces.

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Earth

Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life.

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Elderly care

Elderly care, or simply eldercare (also known in parts of the English speaking world as aged care), is the fulfillment of the special needs and requirements that are unique to senior citizens.

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Elephant clock

The elephant clock was a medieval invention by Al-Jazari (1136–1206), a Muslim engineer and inventor of various clocks including the Elephant clock which consisted of a weight powered water clock in the form of an Asian elephant.

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Eric (robot)

Eric was the first British robot, built in 1928 by First World War veteran Captain William Richards, and aircraft engineer Alan Reffell.

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FedEx Institute of Technology

The FedEx Institute of Technology is an advanced technology and research organization that serves as the front door to the research infrastructure and innovation capabilities of the University of Memphis.

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Festival della Scienza

The Festival della Scienza is an annual science festival held in Genoa, Italy.

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Film

A film, also called a movie, motion picture, moving pícture, theatrical film, or photoplay, is a series of still images that, when shown on a screen, create the illusion of moving images.

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Fritz Lang

Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang (December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976) was an Austrian-German-American filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor.

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Fujitsu

is a Japanese multinational information technology equipment and services company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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Gait

Gait is the pattern of movement of the limbs of animals, including humans, during locomotion over a solid substrate.

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Gas

Gas is one of the four fundamental states of matter (the others being solid, liquid, and plasma).

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General Motors

General Motors Company, commonly referred to as General Motors (GM), is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Detroit that designs, manufactures, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts, and sells financial services.

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George Devol

George Charles Devol Jr. (February 20, 1912 – August 11, 2011) was an American inventor known for developing Unimate, the first material handling robot employed in industrial production work.

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German Aerospace Center

The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.), abbreviated DLR, is the national center for aerospace, energy and transportation research of the Federal Republic of Germany.

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Google

Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware.

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Gynoid

A gynoid, or fembot, is a humanoid robot that is gendered feminine.

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Hand washing

Hand washing, also known as hand hygiene, is the act of cleaning hands for the purpose of removing soil, dirt, and microorganisms.

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Hero of Alexandria

Hero of Alexandria (ἭρωνGenitive: Ἥρωνος., Heron ho Alexandreus; also known as Heron of Alexandria; c. 10 AD – c. 70 AD) was a mathematician and engineer who was active in his native city of Alexandria, Roman Egypt.

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Hiroshi Ishiguro

Hiroshi Ishiguro (石黒浩 Ishiguro Hiroshi) is director of the Intelligent Robotics Laboratory, part of the Department of Systems Innovation in the Graduate School of Engineering Science at Osaka University, Japan.

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History (U.S. TV network)

History (originally The History Channel from 1995 to 2008) is a history-based digital cable and satellite television network that is owned by A&E Networks, a joint venture between the Hearst Communications and the Disney–ABC Television Group division of the Walt Disney Company.

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HOAP

The HOAP series robots are an advanced humanoid robot platform manufactured by Fujitsu Automation in Japan.

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Honda

is a Japanese public multinational conglomerate corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles, aircraft, motorcycles, and power equipment.

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Honda E series

The E-series was a collection of successive humanoid robots created by the Honda Motor Company between the years of 1986 and 1993.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is an autonomous territory of China on the eastern side of the Pearl River estuary in East Asia.

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HRP-4C

The HRP-4C, nicknamed Miim, is a feminine-looking humanoid robot created by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), a Japanese research facility.

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Human body

The human body is the entire structure of a human being.

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Hydra (chess)

Hydra was a chess machine, designed by a team with Dr. Christian "Chrilly" Donninger, Dr.

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Hydraulics

Hydraulics (from Greek: Υδραυλική) is a technology and applied science using engineering, chemistry, and other sciences involving the mechanical properties and use of liquids.

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ICub

iCub is a 1 metre high open source robotics humanoid robot testbed for research into human cognition and artificial intelligence.

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Inclinometer

An inclinometer or clinometer is an instrument used for measuring angles of slope (or tilt), elevation, or depression of an object with respect to gravity.

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Industrial robot

An industrial robot is a robot system used for manufacturing.

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a professional association with its corporate office in New York City and its operations center in Piscataway, New Jersey.

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International Robot Exhibition

The International Robot Exhibition (IREX) is the largest robot trade fair in the world.

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Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University.

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Isfahan University of Technology

Isfahan University of Technology (IUT) (دانشگاه صنعتی اصفهان Dāneshgāh-e San'ati-ye Esfahān) is an engineering university in Iran.

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Ismail al-Jazari

Badīʿ az-Zaman Abū l-ʿIzz ibn Ismāʿīl ibn ar-Razāz al-Jazarī (1136–1206, بديع الزمان أَبُو اَلْعِزِ بْنُ إسْماعِيلِ بْنُ الرِّزاز الجزري) was a Muslim polymath: a scholar, inventor, mechanical engineer, artisan, artist and mathematician.

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Jacques de Vaucanson

Jacques de Vaucanson (February 24, 1709 – November 21, 1782) was a French inventor and artist who was responsible for the creation of impressive and innovative automata.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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John Wiley & Sons

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., also referred to as Wiley, is a global publishing company that specializes in academic publishing.

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Joint

A joint or articulation (or articular surface) is the connection made between bones in the body which link the skeletal system into a functional whole.

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Joseph Needham

Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham (9 December 1900 – 24 March 1995) was a British biochemist, historian and sinologist known for his scientific research and writing on the history of Chinese science and technology.

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Justin (robot)

Justin (also known as Rollin' Justin) is an autonomous and programmable humanoid robot with two arms, developed by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) at the Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics, located in Wessling, Germany.

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Karel Čapek

Karel Čapek (9 January 1890 – 25 December 1938) was a Czech writer of the early 20th century.

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KHR-1

The KHR-1 is a programmable, bipedal humanoid robot introduced in June 2004 by a Japanese company Kondo Kagaku.

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Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 14522 May 1519), more commonly Leonardo da Vinci or simply Leonardo, was an Italian polymath of the Renaissance, whose areas of interest included invention, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography.

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Leonardo's robot

Leonardo's robot, or Leonardo's mechanical knight (Italian: Robot di Leonardo or Automa cavaliere, lit. "Automaton knight"), was a humanoid automaton designed and possibly constructed by Leonardo da Vinci around the year 1495.

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Liezi

The Liezi is a Daoist text attributed to Lie Yukou, a c. 5th century BCE Hundred Schools of Thought philosopher, but Chinese and Western scholars believe it was compiled around the 4th century CE.

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Mahout

A mahout is an elephant rider, trainer, or keeper.

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MAHRU & AHRA

MAHRU & AHRA are humanoid robots design and developed by KIST.

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Manav (robot)

Manav (Sanskrit: मानव, pronounced 'Maanav'/ Mɑnʌv, meaning "human") is India's first 3D printed expandable platform humanoid robot which was developed in the laboratory of A-SET Training and Research Institutes by Diwakar Vaish (head Robotics and Research, A-SET Training and Research Institutes) in late December 2014, it was debuted for the first time in the IIT-Bombay Techfest 2014-15.

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Maschinenmensch

The Maschinenmensch (German for "robot" or literally "machine-person") is a fictional character in Fritz Lang's film Metropolis, played by German actress Brigitte Helm in both its robot form and human incarnation.

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Metropolis (1927 film)

Metropolis is a 1927 German expressionist science-fiction drama film directed by Fritz Lang.

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Microphone

A microphone, colloquially nicknamed mic or mike, is a transducer that converts sound into an electrical signal.

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Mihajlo Pupin Institute

Mihajlo Pupin Institute (Institut Mihajlo Pupin / Институт Михајло Пупин) is an institute based in Belgrade, Serbia.

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Miomir Vukobratović

Miomir Vukobratović (Миомир Вукобратовић) (December 24, 1931 – March 11, 2012) was a Serbian mechanical engineer and pioneer in humanoid robots.

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Muscle

Muscle is a soft tissue found in most animals.

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Nadia Magnenat Thalmann

Professor Nadia Magnenat Thalmann is an eminent computer graphics scientist who is the founder and head of MIRALab at the University of Geneva.

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Nadine Social Robot

Nadine is a female humanoid social robot that is modelled on Professor Nadia Magnenat Thalmann.

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Nanyang Technological University

The Nanyang Technological University (Abbreviation: NTU) is an autonomous research university in Singapore.

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Nao (robot)

Nao (pronounced now) is an autonomous, programmable humanoid robot developed by Aldebaran Robotics, a French robotics company headquartered in Paris, which was acquired by SoftBank Group in 2015 and rebranded as SoftBank Robotics.

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NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research.

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National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

The, or AIST, is a Japanese research facility headquartered in Tokyo, and most of the workforce is located in Tsukuba Science City, Ibaraki, and in several cities throughout Japan.

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Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla (Никола Тесла; 10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist who is best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system.

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Norbert Wiener

Norbert Wiener (November 26, 1894 – March 18, 1964) was an American mathematician and philosopher.

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Orthotics

Orthotics (Greek: Ορθός, ortho, "to straighten" or "align") is a specialty within the medical field concerned with the design, manufacture and application of orthoses.

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Osaka University

, or, is a national university located in Osaka, Japan.

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Oussama Khatib

Oussama Khatib (أسامة الخطيب) is a roboticist and a professor of computer science at Stanford University, and a Fellow of the IEEE.

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Pepper (robot)

Pepper is a humanoid robot manufactured by SoftBank Robotics (formerly Aldebaran Robotics), which is owned by SoftBank, designed with the ability to read emotions.

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Philip K. Dick

Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982) was an American writer known for his work in science fiction.

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Pierre Jaquet-Droz

Pierre Jaquet-Droz (1721–1790) was a watchmaker of the late eighteenth century.

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Piezoelectricity

Piezoelectricity is the electric charge that accumulates in certain solid materials (such as crystals, certain ceramics, and biological matter such as bone, DNA and various proteins) in response to applied mechanical stress.

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Plug & Pray

Plug & Pray is a 2010 documentary film about the promise, problems and ethics of artificial intelligence and robotics.

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Pneumatic artificial muscles

Pneumatic artificial muscles (PAMs) are contractile or extensional devices operated by pressurized air filling a pneumatic bladder.

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Pneumatics

Pneumatics (From Greek: πνεύμα) is a branch of engineering that makes use of gas or pressurized air.

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Polyurethane

Polyurethane (PUR and PU) is a polymer composed of organic units joined by carbamate (urethane) links.

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Proprioception

Proprioception, from Latin proprius, meaning "one's own", "individual", and capio, capere, to take or grasp, is the sense of the relative position of one's own parts of the body and strength of effort being employed in movement.

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Prosthesis

In medicine, a prosthesis (plural: prostheses; from Ancient Greek prosthesis, "addition, application, attachment") is an artificial device that replaces a missing body part, which may be lost through trauma, disease, or congenital conditions.

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QRIO

QRIO ("Quest for cuRIOsity", originally named Sony Dream Robot or SDR) was a bipedal humanoid entertainment robot developed and marketed (but never sold) by Sony to follow up on the success of its AIBO entertainment robot.

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R.U.R.

R.U.R. is a 1920 science fiction play by the Czech writer Karel Čapek.

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REEM

REEM is the latest prototype humanoid robot built by PAL Robotics in Spain.

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RoboCup

RoboCup is an annual international robotics competition proposed and founded in 1996 (Pre-RoboCup) by a group of university professors (among which Hiroaki Kitano, Manuela M. Veloso, and Minoru Asada).

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Robot

A robot is a machine—especially one programmable by a computer— capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically.

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Robotic paradigm

In robotics, a robotic paradigm is a mental model of how a robot operates.

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Robotics

Robotics is an interdisciplinary branch of engineering and science that includes mechanical engineering, electronics engineering, computer science, and others.

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RoboTurk

RoboTurk is the name of a humanoid robot designed and created by Dr.

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Sabancı University

Sabancı University (Sabancı Üniversitesi), established in 1994, is a young foundation university located on a 1.26 million squaremeter campus which is about 40 km from Istanbul's city center.

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Salvius

Salvius is the first open source humanoid robot to be built in the United States.

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Sensor

In the broadest definition, a sensor is a device, module, or subsystem whose purpose is to detect events or changes in its environment and send the information to other electronics, frequently a computer processor.

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Shadow Hand

The Shadow Dexterous Hand is a humaniform (humanoid) robot hand system developed by The Shadow Robot Company in London.

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Social robot

A social robot is an autonomous robot that interacts and communicates with humans or other autonomous physical agents by following social behaviors and rules attached to its role.

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Software

Computer software, or simply software, is a generic term that refers to a collection of data or computer instructions that tell the computer how to work, in contrast to the physical hardware from which the system is built, that actually performs the work.

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Sony

is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Kōnan, Minato, Tokyo.

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Sophia (robot)

Sophia is a social humanoid robot developed by Hong Kong-based company Hanson Robotics.

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Space exploration

Space exploration is the discovery and exploration of celestial structures in outer space by means of evolving and growing space technology.

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Spaceflight

Spaceflight (also written space flight) is ballistic flight into or through outer space.

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Surena (robot)

Surena (Surenā) is a series of Iranian humanoid robots, named after the Parthian General Surena.

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Table tennis

Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball back and forth across a table using small bats.

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Tactile sensor

A tactile sensor is a device that measures information arising from physical interaction with its environment.

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Technical University of Munich

Technical University of Munich (TUM) (Technische Universität München) is a research university with campuses in Munich, Garching and Freising-Weihenstephan.

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Three Laws of Robotics

The Three Laws of Robotics (often shortened to The Three Laws or known as Asimov's Laws) are a set of rules devised by the science fiction author Isaac Asimov.

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TOPIO

TOPIO ("TOSY Ping Pong Playing Robot") is a bipedal humanoid robot designed to play table tennis against a human being.

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Trajectory

A trajectory or flight path is the path that a massive object in motion follows through space as a function of time.

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Transhumanism

Transhumanism (abbreviated as H+ or h+) is an international intellectual movement that aims to transform the human condition by developing and making widely available sophisticated technologies to greatly enhance human intellect and physiology.

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Ultrasound

Ultrasound is sound waves with frequencies higher than the upper audible limit of human hearing.

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Unimate

Unimate was the first industrial robot, which worked on a General Motors assembly line at the Inland Fisher Guide Plant in Ewing Township, New Jersey, in 1961.

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Unimation

Unimation was the world's first robotics company.

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University of Memphis

The University of Memphis, also called The U of M, is an American public research university located in the Normal Station neighborhood of Memphis, Tennessee.

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Ursula (The Little Mermaid)

Ursula is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Pictures' 28th animated feature film The Little Mermaid (1989).

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Wakamaru

Wakamaru is a Japanese robot made by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries that is intended to perform natural communication with human beings.

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Walking

Walking (also known as ambulation) is one of the main gaits of locomotion among legged animals.

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Waseda University

, abbreviated as, is a Japanese private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo.

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Water wheel

A water wheel is a machine for converting the energy of flowing or falling water into useful forms of power, often in a watermill.

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Zero moment point

Zero moment point is a concept related with dynamics and control of legged locomotion, e.g., for humanoid robots.

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AcYut, Humanoid robots, Proprioceptive sensors in humanoid robots.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanoid_robot

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