The authors have been developing humanoid robots in order to develop new mechanisms and functions for a humanoid robot that has the ability to communicate naturally with a human by expressing human-like emotion. We considered that human hands play an important role in communication because human hands have grasping, sensing and emotional expression abilities. Then, we developed the the Emotion ...

We aim to develop a humanoid robot which can go anywhere an ordinary human covers. For such purpose, we consider enhancing the walk and work capabilities of a humanoid robot by integrating manipulation and locomotion. Especially, we focus on three motions of a humanoid robot: pushing a heavy object placed on the floor, working while thrusting a hand on to a desk, and ascending large steps while...

This paper details the hardware, software, and electrical design of the humanoid robot CHARLI-2 (Cognitive Humanoid Autonomous Robot with Learning Intelligence). CHARLI-2 was the first robot from the United States to be awarded the Louis Vouitton Best Humanoid Award.

The robot in a highly humanoid appearance, and the ability to play the violin is presented for a robot entertainment and ornamental. By model for keeping moving range of the mechanical structure, a method makes the robot has the possibility of playing the violin. Based on ARM core intelligent control with AHRS is used to realize control of the robot behavior. Finally, the present study realizes...

Humanoid robot walks by a pair of legs and works using two hands. About this humanoid robot, authors investigate about the possibility of its application to various works on site. Investigation is conducted by the following three methods. The first one is an investigation of matching the demand function of the latest work on the construction site with the performance which a humanoid robot hold...

finding an optimal path for a robot in a soccer field involves different parameters such as the positions of the robot, positions of the obstacles, etc. due to simplicity and smoothness of ferguson spline, it has been employed for path planning between arbitrary points on the field in many research teams. in order to optimize the parameters of ferguson spline some evolutionary or intelligent al...

The Humanoid Robotics Project of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan realized that biped humanoid robots can perform manual labour. The project developed humanoid robot platforms, consisting of humanoid robot hardware and a package of fundamental software, and explored applications of humanoid robots on them. The applications include maintenance tasks of industrial plants, tele...

Accuracy and speed of movement is required for a goalkeeper robot in the Robocup soccer competition. Moreover, instability and robustness of goalkeeper robot is often a problem in itself that often arise especially if the robot is a humanoid robot. There are various methods on how to improve the performance of movement of humanoid robot have been actively studied. So now we propose how to optim...

This paper deals with implementation of a distributed controller for a humanoid robot. This teen sized humanoid robot Archie is currently under development. The main idea is to develop a cost oriented humanoid robot (COHR) to assist humans for their daily life. After a short description of the existing hardware, the control is described. The control is realized by a PI controller for position a...