Humanoid Robotics: A Reference (1 ed)

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Humanoid Robotics: A Reference 1st ed. 2019 Edition

Humanoid Robotics: A Reference provides a comprehensive compilation of developments in the conceptualization, design, and development of humanoid robots and related technologies. Human beings have built the environment they occupy (living spaces, instruments, and vehicles) to suit two-legged systems. Building systems, especially in robotics, that are compatible with their well-established, human-based surroundings and that could naturally interact with humans is an ultimate goal for all researchers and engineers. Humanoid robots are systems (i.e., robots) that mimic human behavior. Humanoids provide a platform to study the construction of systems that behave and interact like humans. A broad range of applications ranging from daily housework to complex medical surgery, deep ocean exploration, and other potentially dangerous tasks are possible using humans. In addition, the study of humanoid robotics provides a platform to understand the mechanisms and offers a physical visual of how humans interact, think, and react with their surroundings and how such behaviors could be reassembled and reconstructed. Currently, the most challenging issue with bipedal humanoids is to make them balance on two legs. The purportedly simple act of finding the best balance that enables effortless walking, jumping, and running requires some of the most sophisticated development of robotic systems—those that will ultimately mimic fully the diversity and dexterity of human beings. Other typical human-like interactions, such as complex thought and conversations, on the other hand, also pose barriers to the development of humanoids because we are yet to fully understand how we humans interact with our environment and consequently replicate this in humanoids.