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Ahumanoid robotis arobotresembling thehuman bodyin shape. The design may be for functional purposes, such as interacting with human tools and environments, for experimental purposes, such as the study ofbipedal locomotion,or for other purposes. In general, humanoid robots have a torso, a head, two arms, and two legs, though some humanoid robots may replicate only part of the body.Androidsare humanoid robots built to aesthetically resemble humans.

History

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The concept of a humanoid robot originated in many different cultures around the world. Some of the earliest accounts of the idea of humanoidautomatadate to the 4th century BCE in Greek mythologies and various religious and philosophical texts from China. Physical prototypes of humanoid automata were later created in the Middle East, Italy, Japan, and France.

Greece

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The Greek god of blacksmiths,Hephaestus,created several different humanoid automata in various myths. In Homer'sIliad,Hephaestus created golden handmaidens and imbued them with human-like voices to serve as speaking tools or instruments.[1]Another Greek myth details how Hephaestus crafted a giant bronze automaton named Talos to protect the island of Crete from invaders.[2]

China

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In the 3rd century BCE, aTaoistphilosophical text called theLiezi,written by Chinese philosopherLie Yukou,detailed the idea of a humanoid automaton. The text includes mention of an engineer named Yan Shi who created a life-size, human-like robot for the fifth king of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty,King Mu.[3]The robot was primarily constructed of leather and wood. It was capable of walking, singing, and moving all parts of its body.[3]

Middle East

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In the 13th century, a Muslim engineer namedIsmail al-Jazaridesigned various humanoid automata. He created a waitress robot that would dispense drinks from a liquid reservoir and appear out of an automatic door to serve them.[4]Another automaton he created was used for hand washing to refill a basin with water after being drained.[5]

Italy

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Model of Leonardo's robot with inner workings

In the 1400s,Leonardo da Vinciconceptualized a complex mechanical robot clad in a suit of armor, capable of sitting, standing, and independently moving its arms.[6]The entire robot was operated by a system of pulleys and cables.

Japan

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From the 17th to 19th centuries, the Japanese built humanoid automata calledkarakuripuppets.These puppets resembled dolls and were used for entertainment in theatre, homes, and religious festivals.[7]Karakuripuppets that were used for theater plays were calledbutai karakuri.[8]Smallkarakuri puppetsfound in homes, calledzashiki kurakuri,were placed on tables to dance, beat drums, or serve drinks.[8]The puppets used in religious festivals were known asDashi karakuri,and they served to reenact myths and legends.[9]

France

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In the 18th century, French inventorJacques de Vaucansoncreated a significant humanoid automaton calledThe Flute Player.This wooden, human-sized robot was capable of playing various melodies with the flute. It consisted of a system of bellows, pipes, weights, and other mechanical components to simulate to the muscles necessary to play the flute.[10]

Applications

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iCubrobot at theGenoa Science Festival,Italy, in 2009

Humanoid robots are now used as research tools in several scientific areas. Researchers study the human body structure and behavior (biomechanics) to build 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 behavior, and it has been improving over time.

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

Medical and research

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Humanoid robots are a valuable resource in the world of medicine and biotechnology, as well as other fields of research such as biomechanics and cognitive science.[11]Humanoid robots are being used to develop complex prosthetics for individuals with physical disabilities such as missing limbs.[12]The WABIAN-2 is a new medical humanoid robot created to help patients in the rehabilitation of their lower limbs.[12]

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

Valkyrie,[13]fromNASA

Humanoid robots can be used as test subjects for the practice and development of personalized healthcare aids, essentially performing as robotic nurses for demographics such as the elderly.[12]Humanoids are also suitable for some procedurally-based vocations, such as reception-desk administrators and automotive manufacturing line workers. 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 propersoftware.However, the complexity of doing so is immense.

Entertainment

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Humanoid robots have had a long history in the realm of entertainment, from the conception and ideas in the story ofPrometheusto the application and physical build of modern animatronics used fortheme parks.[11]Current uses and development of humanoid robots in theme parks are focused on creating stuntronics.[14]Stuntronics are humanoid robots built for serving as stunt doubles, and are designed to simulate life-like, untethered, dynamic movement.[14]SeveralDisneytheme park shows utilize animatronic robots that look, move and speak much like human beings. Although these robots look realistic, they have no cognition or physical autonomy. Various humanoid robots and their possible applications in daily life are featured in an independent documentary film calledPlug & Pray,which was released in 2010.

Demonstrative

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Though many real-world applications for humanoid robots are unexplored, their primary use is to demonstrate up-and-coming technologies.[15]Modern examples of humanoid robots, such as the Honda Asimo, are revealed to the public in order to demonstrate new technological advancements in motor skills, such as walking, climbing, and playing an instrument.[15]Other humanoid robots have been developed for household purposes, however excel only in single purpose skills and are far from autonomous.[15]Humanoid robots, especially those withartificial intelligencealgorithms,could be useful for future dangerous and/or distantspace explorationmissions,without having the need to turn back around again and return toEarthonce the mission is completed.

Sensors

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Asensoris a device that measures some attribute of the world. Being one of the three primitives of robotics (besides planning and control), sensing plays an important role inrobotic paradigms.

Sensors can be classified according to the physical process with which they work or according to the type of measurement information that they give as output. In this case, the second approach was used.[16]

Proprioceptive

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Proprioceptivesensors sense the position, orientation, and speed of the humanoid's body and joints, along with other internal values.[17]

In human beings, the otoliths and semi-circular canals (in the inner ear) are used to maintain balance and orientation.[18]Additionally, humans use their own proprioceptive sensors (e.g. touch, muscle extension, limb position) to help with their orientation. Humanoid robots useaccelerometersto measure the acceleration, from which velocity can be calculated by integration;[19]tilt sensorsto measure inclination; force sensors placed in robot's hands and feet to measure contact force with environment;[20]position sensors that indicate the actual position of the robot (from which the velocity can be calculated by derivation);[21]and even speed sensors.

Exteroceptive

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An artificial hand holding a lightbulb

Arrays oftactelscan be used to provide data on what has been touched. TheShadow Handuses an array of 34 tactels arranged beneath itspolyurethaneskin on each finger tip.[22]Tactile sensors also provide information about forces and torques transferred between the robot and other objects.

Visionrefers to processing data from any modality which uses the electromagnetic spectrum to produce an image. In humanoid robots it is used torecognize objectsand determine their properties. Vision sensors work most similarly to the eyes of human beings. Most humanoid robots useCCDcameras as vision sensors.

Sound sensors allow humanoid robots to hear speech and environmental sounds, akin to the ears of the human being.Microphonesare usually used for the robots to convey speech.

Actuators

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Actuatorsare the motors responsible for motion in the robot.[23]

Humanoid robots are constructed in such a way that they mimic the human body. They use actuators that perform likemusclesandjoints,though with a different structure.[23]The actuators of humanoid robots can be either electric,pneumatic,orhydraulic.[24][25]It is ideal for these actuators to have high power, low mass, and small dimensions.[25]

Electric

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Electric actuators are the most popular types of actuators in humanoid robots.[24]These actuators are smaller in size, and a single electric actuator may not produce enough power for a human-sized joint.[24]Therefore, it is common to use multiple electric actuators for a single joint in a humanoid robot.[24]An example of a humanoid robot using electric actuators isHRP-2.[25]

Hydraulic

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Hydraulic actuators produce higher power than electric actuators and pneumatic actuators, and they have the ability to control the torque they produce better than other types of actuators.[25]However, they can become very bulky in size.[24][25]One solution to counter the size issue iselectro-hydrostatic actuators(EHA).[25]The most popular example of a humanoid robot using hydraulic actuators is theATLASrobot made byBoston Dynamics.[25]

Pneumatic

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Pneumatic actuators operate on the basis ofgascompressibility.[24][25]As they are inflated, they expand along the axis, and as they deflate, they contract. If one end is fixed, the other will move in a lineartrajectory.A popular example of a pneumatic actuator is theMac Kibben muscle.[25]

Planning and control

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Planning in robots is the process of planning out motions and trajectories for the robot to carry out.[26]Control is the actual execution of these planned motions and trajectories.[26]In humanoid robots, the planning must carry out biped motions, meaning that robots should plan motions similar to a human.[27]Since one of the main uses of humanoid robots is to interact with humans, it is important for the planning and control mechanisms of humanoid robots to work in a variety of terrain and environments.[27]

The question of walking biped robots stabilization on the surface is of great importance.[28]Maintenance of the robot's gravity center over the center of bearing area for providing a stable position can be chosen as a goal of control.[28]

To maintain dynamic balance during thewalk,a robot needs information about contact force and its current and desired motion.[27]The solution to this problem relies on a major concept, theZero Moment Point(ZMP).[27]

Another characteristic of humanoid robots is that they move, gather information (using sensors) on the "real world", and interact with it.[29]They do not stay still like factory manipulators and other robots that work in highly structured environments.[29]To allow humanoids to move in complex environments, planning and control must focus on self-collision detection,path planningandobstacle avoidance.[29][30]

Humanoid robots do not yet have some features of the human body.[31]They include structures with variable flexibility, which provide safety (to the robot itself and to the people), and redundancy of movements, i.e. moredegrees of freedomand therefore wide task availability.[31]Although these characteristics are desirable to humanoid robots, they will bring more complexity and new problems to planning and control.[32]The field of whole-body control deals with these issues and addresses the proper coordination of numerous degrees of freedom, e.g. to realize several control tasks simultaneously while following a given order of priority.[33][34]

Timeline of developments

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Year Subject Notes
c. 250 BC Automaton A humanoid automaton is detailed in theLiezi,written by Chinese philosopher Lie Yukou.[3]
c. 50 AD Automata Greek mathematicianHero of Alexandriadescribed a machine that automatically pours wine for party guests.[35]
1206 Ismail Al-Jazaridescribed a band made up of humanoid automata which, according to Charles B. Fowler, performed "more than fifty facial and body actions during each musical selection."[36]Al-Jazari also created hand-washing automata with automatic humanoid servants.[5]His programmable "castle clock" also featured five musician automata which automatically played music when moved by levers operated by a hiddencamshaftattached to awater wheel.[37]
1495 Leonardo's robot Leonardo da Vinci designs a humanoid automaton clad in a suit of knight's armor and operated by pulleys and cables.[6]
1738 The Flute Player Jacques de Vaucanson buildsThe Flute Player,a life-size automaton capable of playing different melodies on the flute.[10]
1774 Pierre Jacquet-Drozand his son Henri-Louis created the Draughtsman, the Musicienne and the Writer, a figure of a boy that could write messages up to 40 characters long.[38]
1898 Nikola Teslapublicly demonstrates his "automaton" technology by wirelessly controlling a model boat at the Electrical Exposition held at Madison Square Garden in New York City during the height of the Spanish–American War.[39]
1921 Czech writerKarel Čapekintroduced the word "robot" in his playR.U.R.(which stands for "Rossum's Universal Robots" ). The word "robot" comes from the word "robota", meaning, in Czech and Polish, "labour, drudgery".[40]
1927 Maschinenmensch The ( "machine-human" ), agynoidhumanoid robot, also called "Parody", "Futura", "Robotrix", or the "Maria impersonator" (played by German actressBrigitte Helm), one of the earliest humanoid robots ever to appear on film, is depicted inFritz Lang's filmMetropolis.
1928 Eric An electrical robot opens an exhibition of the Society of Model Engineers at London's Royal Horticultural Hall in London, and tours the world.[41]
1939 Elektro A humanoid robot built by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation[42]
1941-42 Three Laws of Robotics Isaac Asimovformulates the Three Laws of Robotics, used in his robot science fiction stories, and in the process of doing so, coins the word "robotics".[43]
1948 Cybernetics Norbert Wienerformulates the principles of cybernetics, the basis of practicalrobotics.[44]
1961 Unimate The first digitally operated and programmable non-humanoid robot, is installed on aGeneral Motorsassembly lineto lift hot pieces of metal from a die casting machine and stack them. It was created byGeorge Devoland constructed byUnimation,the first robot manufacturing company.[45]
1967 to 1972 WABOT-1 Waseda Universityinitiated the WABOT project in 1967, and in 1972 completed the WABOT-1, the world's first full-scale humanoid intelligent robot.[46][47]It was the firstandroid,able to walk, communicate with a person in Japanese (with an artificial mouth), measure distances and directions to the objects using external receptors (artificial ears and eyes), and grip and transport objects with hands.[48][49][50]
1969 D.E. Whitney publishes his article "Resolved motion rate control of manipulators and human prosthesis".[51]
1970 Zero Moment Point Miomir Vukobratovićproposed a theoretical model to explain biped locomotion.[52]
1972 Powered exoskeleton Miomir Vukobratovićand his associates atMihajlo Pupin Institutebuild the first active anthropomorphic exoskeleton.[53]
1980 Marc Raibert established the MIT Leg Lab, which is dedicated to studying legged locomotion and building dynamic legged robots.[54]
1983 Greenman Using MB Associates arms, "Greenman" was developed by Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego. It had an exoskeletal master controller with kinematic equivalency and spatial correspondence of the torso, arms, and head. Its vision system consisted of two 525-line video cameras each having a 35-degree field of view and video camera eyepiece monitors mounted in an aviator's helmet.[55]
1984 WABOT-2 AtWaseda University,the WABOT-2 is created, a musician humanoid robot able to communicate with a person, read a normal musical score with his eyes and play tunes of average difficulty on an electronic organ.[48]
1985 WHL-11 Developed by Hitachi Ltd, WHL-11 is a biped robot capable of static walking on a flat surface at 13 seconds per step and it can also turn.[48]
1986 Honda E series Hondadeveloped seven biped robots which were designated E0 (Experimental Model 0) through E6. E0 was in 1986, E1 – E3 were done between 1987 and 1991, and E4 - E6 were done between 1991 and 1993.[56]
1989 Manny A full-scale anthropomorphic robot with 42degrees of freedomdeveloped at Battelle's Pacific Northwest Laboratories in Richland, Washington, for the US Army's Dugway Proving Ground in Utah. It could not walk on its own but it could crawl, and had an artificial respiratory system to simulate breathing and sweating.[48]
1990 Tad McGeer showed that a biped mechanical structure with knees could walk passively down a sloping surface.[57]
1993 Honda P series Hondadeveloped P1 (Prototype Model 1) through P3, an evolution from E series, with upper limbs. Developed until 1997.[56]
1995 Hadaly Developed inWaseda Universityto study human-robot communication and has three subsystems: a head-eye subsystem, a voice control system for listening and speaking in Japanese, and a motion-control subsystem to use the arms to point toward campus destinations.[58]
1995 Wabian A human-size biped walking robot from Waseda University.[58]
1996 Saika A light-weight, human-size and low-cost humanoid robot, was developed at Tokyo University. Saika has a two-DOF neck, dual five-DOF upper arms, a torso and a head. Several types of hands and forearms are under development also. Developed until 1998.[48]
1997 Hadaly-2 A humanoid robot designed inWaseda Universitywhich realizes interactive communication with humans. It communicates not only informationally, but also physically.[58]
2000 ASIMO Hondacreates its 11th bipedal humanoid robot, able to run.[56]
2001 Qrio Sonyunveils small humanoid entertainment robots, dubbed Sony Dream Robot (SDR). Renamed Qrio in 2003.[59]
2001 HOAP Fujitsurealized its first commercial humanoid robot named HOAP-1. Its successors, HOAP-2 and HOAP-3, were announced in 2003 and 2005, respectively. HOAP is designed for a broad range of applications for R&D of robot technologies.[60]
2002 HRP-2 A biped walking robot built by the Manufacturing Science and Technology Center (MSTC) in Tokyo.[61]
2003 JOHNNIE An autonomous biped walking robot built at theTechnical University of Munich.The main objective was to realize an anthropomorphic walking machine with a human-like, dynamically stable gait.[62]
2003 Actroid A robot with realistic silicone "skin" developed byOsaka Universityin conjunction with Kokoro Company Ltd.[63]
2004 Persia Iran's first humanoid robot, was developed using realistic simulation by researchers ofIsfahan University of Technologyin conjunction with ISTT.[64]
2004 KHR-1 A programmable bipedal humanoid robot introduced in June 2004 by a Japanese company Kondo Kagaku.
2005 PKD Android A conversational humanoid robot made in the likeness of science fiction novelistPhilip K Dick,was developed as a collaboration betweenHanson Robotics,theFedEx Institute of Technology,and theUniversity of Memphis.[65]
2005 Wakamaru A Japanese domestic robot made by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, primarily intended to provide companionship to elderly and disabled people.[66]
2005 Actroid The Geminoid series is a series of ultra-realistic humanoid robots developed byHiroshi Ishiguroof ATR and Kokoro in Tokyo. The original one, Geminoid HI-1, was made at its image. Followed Geminoid-F in 2010 and Geminoid-DK in 2011.[67]
2006 Nao A small open source programmable humanoid robot developed by Aldebaran Robotics, in France. Widely used by worldwide universities as a research platform and educational tool.[67]
2006 REEM-A The first fully autonomous European biped humanoid robot, designed to play chess with theHydra Chess engine.The first robot developed by PAL Robotics, it was also used as a walking, manipulation, speech and vision development platform.[68]
2006 iCub A biped humanoid open source robot for cognition research.[69]
2006 Mahru A network-based biped humanoid robot developed in South Korea.[70]
2007 TOPIO A ping pong playing robot developed by TOSY Robotics JSC.[71]
2007 Twendy-One A robot developed by the WASEDA University Sugano Laboratory for home assistance services. It is not biped, as it uses an omni-directional mobile mechanism.[72]
2008 Justin A humanoid robot developed by theGerman Aerospace Center(DLR).[73]
2008 Nexi The first mobile, dexterous, and social robot, makes its public debut as one ofTIMEmagazine's top inventions of the year.[74]The robot was built through a collaboration between the MIT Media Lab Personal Robots Group,[75]UMass Amherst and Meka Robotics.[76][77]
2008 Salvius The first open source humanoid robot built in the United States is created.[78]
2008 REEM-B The second biped humanoid robot developed by PAL Robotics. It has the ability to autonomously learn its environment using various sensors and carry 20% of its own weight.[79]
2008 Surena It had a height of 165 centimetres and weight of 60 kilograms, and is able to speak according to predefined text. It also has remote control and tracking ability.[80]
2009 HRP-4C A Japanese domestic robot made byNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology,shows human characteristics in addition to bipedal walking.[81]
2009 Kobian A robot developed by Waseda University can walk, talk, and mimic emotions.[82]
2009 DARwIn-OP An open source robot developed by ROBOTIS in collaboration with Virginia Tech, Purdue University, and University of Pennsylvania. This project was supported and sponsored by NSF.[83]
2010 Robonaut 2 A very advanced humanoid robot byNASAandGeneral Motors.It was part of the payload of Shuttle Discovery on the successful launch February 24, 2011. It is intended to do spacewalks for NASA.[84]
2010 HRP-4C National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technologydemonstrate their humanoid robot singing and dancing along with human dancers.[85]
2010 REEM A humanoid service robot with a wheeled mobile base. Developed by PAL Robotics, it can perform autonomous navigation in various surroundings and has voice and face recognition capabilities.[86]
2011 ASIMO In November, Honda unveiled its second generation Honda Asimo Robot. The all new Asimo is the first version of the robot with semi-autonomous capabilities.[87]
2012 NimbRo The Autonomous Intelligent Systems Group of University of Bonn, Germany, introduces the Humanoid TeenSize Open Platform NimbRo-OP.[88]
2013 TORO TheGerman Aerospace Center(DLR) presents the humanoid robot TORO (TOrque-controlled humanoid RObot).[89]
2013 On December 20–21, 2013,DARPA Robotics Challengeranked the top 16 humanoid robots competing for the US$2 million cash prize. The leading team, SCHAFT, with 27 out of a possible score of 30 was bought byGoogle.[90]
2013 REEM-C PAL Robotics launches REEM-C, the first humanoid biped robot developed as a robotics research platform 100%ROSbased.[91]
2013 Poppy The first open-source 3D-printed humanoid robot. Bio-inspired, with legs designed for biped locomotion. Developed by the Flower Departments atINRIA.[92]
2014 Manav India's first 3D printed humanoid robot developed in the laboratory of A-SET Training and Research Institutes byDiwakar Vaish(head Robotics and Research, A-SET Training and Research Institutes).[93]
2014 Pepper robot After the acquisition of Aldebaran, SoftBank Robotics releases a robot available for the public.[94]
2014 Nadine A female humanoidsocial robotdesigned inNanyang Technological University,Singapore, and modelled on its directorProfessor Nadia Magnenat Thalmann.Nadine is a socially intelligent robot which returns greetings, makes eye contact, and remembers all the conversations it has had.[95][96]
2016 Sophia A humanoid robot developed by "Hanson Robotics", Hong Kong, and modelled afterAudrey Hepburn.Sophia has artificial intelligence, visual data processing and facial recognition.[97]
2016 OceanOne Developed by a team at Stanford University, led by computer science professorOussama Khatib,OceanOne completed its first mission, diving for treasure in a shipwreck off the coast of France, at a depth of 100 meters. The robot is controlled remotely, has haptic sensors in its hands, and artificial intelligence capabilities.[98]
2017 TALOS PAL Robotics launches TALOS,[99]a fully electrical humanoid robot with joint torque sensors and EtherCAT communication technology that can manipulate up to 6 kg payload in each of its grippers.[100]
2018 Rashmi Robot A multilingual realistic humanoid robot was launched in India by Ranjit Shrivastav having emotional interpretation capabilities[101]
2020 Vyommitra A female-looking spacefaring humanoid robot being developed by theIndian Space Research Organisationto function on-board theGaganyaan,a crewed orbital spacecraft.[102]
2020 Robot Shalu HomemadeArtificially Intelligent,IndianMultilingualHumanoid Robot, made-up ofwaste materials,that can speak 9 Indian and 38 foreign languages (total 47 languages), developed byDinesh Kunwar Patel,Computer Science teacher,Kendriya VidyalayaMumbai, India. Shalu can recognize a person and remember them, identify many objects, solve mathematical problems, give horoscopes and weather reports, teach in a classroom, conduct a quiz, and do many other things.[103]
2022 Ameca In January 2022Engineered Arts Ltdgave the first public demonstration of their humanoid robot Ameca.[104]
2022 Optimus On October 1, 2022 Tesla unveiled version 1 of their humanoid robot Optimus.[105]
2023 Optimus In December, 2023, Tesla unveiled Optimus version 2, featuring 30% faster movement, 10kg less weight, and sensors on all 10 fingers.[106]
2024 Atlas, Electric In April 2024, after the retirement of the hydraulic version of Atlas, Boston Dynamics released an all electric version of Atlas with a broader range of motion and higher dexterity than the former model.
2024 Unitree G1 In May 2024, Unitree releases new humanoid robot with upgraded mobility, most noted for it's affordable price point starting at $16k. The design is comparable to Boston Dynamic's upgraded Atlas.
2024 HumanPlus In June, 2024, Stanford researchers announced a prototype robot that could mimic human movement to learn how to perform actions such as playing table tennis and the piano.[107]
2024 Agility Robotics In June 2024, Agility announced that 5 of its Digit robots had begun handling tasks in the factory of its customer GXO Logistics.[108]

In science fiction

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A common theme for the depiction of humanoid robots in science fiction pertains to how they can help humans in society or serve as threats to humanity.[109]This theme essentially questions whether artificial intelligence is a force of good or bad for mankind.[109]Humanoid robots that are depicted as good for society and benefit humans areCommander DatainStar TrekandC-3POinStar Wars.[109]Opposite portrayals where humanoid robots are shown as scary and threatening to humans are the T-800 inTerminatorandMegatroninTransformers.[109]An IndianTamil-languagefilm which showed the pros and cons of a humanoid robotChitti.[110][111]

Another prominent theme found in science fiction regarding humanoid robots focuses on personhood. Certain films, particularlyBlade RunnerandBlade Runner 2049,explore whether or not a constructed, synthetic being should be considered a person.[112]In the films, androids called "replicants"are created indistinguishably from human beings, yet they are shunned and do not possess the same rights as humans. This theme incites audience sympathy while also sparking unease at the idea of humanoid robots mimicking humans too closely.[113]

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Further reading

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  • Carpenter, J., Davis, J., Erwin‐Stewart, N., Lee. T., Bransford, J. & Vye, N. (2009). Gender representation in humanoid robots for domestic use. International Journal of Social Robotics (special issue). 1 (3), 261‐265. The Netherlands: Springer.
  • Carpenter, J., Davis, J., Erwin‐Stewart, N., Lee. T., Bransford, J. & Vye, N. (2008). Invisible machinery in function, not form: User expectations of a domestic humanoid robot. Proceedings of 6th conference on Design and Emotion. Hong Kong, China.
  • Williams, Karl P. (2004). Build Your Own Human Robots: 6 Amazing and Affordable Projects. McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics.ISBN0-07-142274-9.ISBN978-0-07-142274-1.
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