Humanoid Robots - Ben Choi

Humanoid Robots Human-like Machines Humanoid Robots Human-like Machines Edited by Matthias Hackel I-Tech IV Published by Advanced Robotic Systems International and I-Tech Education and Publishing I-Tech Education and Publishing Vienna Austria Abstracting and non-profit use of the material is permitted with credit to the source. Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the published articles. Publisher assumes no responsibility liability for any damage or injury to persons or property arising out of the use of any materials, instructions, methods or ideas contained inside. After this work has been published by the Advanced Robotic Systems International, authors have the right to republish it, in whole or part, in any publication of which they are an author or editor, and the make other personal use of the work. © 2007 I-Tech Education and Publishing www.ars-journal.com Additional copies can be obtained from: publication@ars-journal.com First published July 2007 Printed in Croatia A catalogue record for this bookis available from the Austrian Library. Humanoid Robots, Human-like Machines, Edited by Matthias Hackel p. cm. ISBN 978-3-902613-07-3 1. Humanoid Robots. 2. Applications. I. Matthias Hackel V Preface As the world at our time has to face developments like keen climate change and globalisation, one may ask about the significance of building human-like machines, which probably will never operate as effective as humans in their diversity of po-tentialities. The benefits from tumbling two-legged mechatronic creatures and mul-tiprocessor-based question-and-answer games seem hard to discover for non-involved persons. In general the benefits from fundamental research are not evi-dent – and humanoid robotics research means fundamental research in the field of robotics. It is an enormous challenge for all humanoid researchers that evolution has originated such effective sensors, controllers and actuators. Building humanoid robots involves the development of lightweight and energy-saving actuators, fast and intelligent sensors and exceptional complex control systems. By merging these technologies we investigate the cooperation of complex sensor-actor systems as well as and human-machine interaction. In analogy to space research humanoid robotics research, driven by the goal to copy and serve the pride of creation, will have a strong impact in daily live products. In this book the variety of humanoid robotic research can be obtained. The first chapter deals with remarkable hardware developments, whereby complete hu-manoid robotic systems are as well described as partial solutions. In the second chapter diverse results around the biped motion of humanoid robots are presented. The autonomous, efficient and adaptive two-legged walking is one of the main challenge in humanoid robotics. The two-legged walking will enable humanoid robots to enter our environment without rearrangement. Developments in the field of visual sensors, data acquisition, processing and con-trol are to be observed in third chapter. In the fourth chapter some “mind build-ing” and communication technologies are presented. Editor Matthias Hackel ... - tailieumienphi.vn