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Topic- Humanoid robots
Made by Disha Patel
Introduction about humanoid robot ● A humanoid robot is a robot with its body shape and built to resemble the human body. ● The design may be for function purpose, such as interacting with tools and environment for experimental purposes, such asthe study of bipedal locomotion or for other purposes. ● In general, humanoid robots have a torso, a head, two arms and two legs, though some form of humanoid robots may model only parts of body. For example, from the waist up. Some humanoid robots also have designed to replicate human facial features such as eyes and mouth. Purpose of humanoid robots ● Humanoid robots are now used as reseach tools in several scientific areas. Reseachers study the human body structure and behaviour to build humanoid robots. ● Human cognition is a field of study which is focused on how human learn from sensory information in order to acquire perceptual and motor skills. This knowledge is used to develop computation models of human behaviour and it has been improving over time. ● Besides the research, humanoid robots are being developed to perform human tasks like personal assistance, through which they should be able to assissssst the sick and elderly and,dirty or dangerous jobs. Humanoid are also suitable for some procedurally- based vocations, such as reception desk administration line workers. ● They are also becoming incresingly popular as entertainers. Example Ursula, a female robot can sing, dance, plays music and speak to her audiance at universal studio. Sensors ● Sensors is a device that measures some attribute of the world. Sensors plays an important role in robotic. There are two types of sensors. i. Proprioceptive sensor- sensors that sense the position, the orientation and the speed of the humanoid robots's body and joints. ii.Exteroceptive sensors- They acquire information from the robot's environment. Example light intrnsity, sound amplitude means in order to extract meaningful environmental features. Actuators ● Actuators are the motors reponsiblee for motion in the robot. ● Humanoid robots are constructed in such a way that they mimic the human body, so they use actuators that perform like muscles and joints through with a different structure. ● They mainly use rotatory actuators. They can be either electric, pneumatic, hydraulic, piezoelectric or ultrasounic. ● Hydraulic and electric have a very rigid behaviour and can only be made to act in compliant manner through the use of relatively complex feedback control strategies. ● While electric coreless motor actuatord are better suited for high speed and low laod applications, hydraulic once operate well at low and high load applications. ● Piezoelectric actuators generate a small movement with a high force capablity when voltage is applied. ● Ultrasonic actuators are designed to produce movement in a micrometer order at ultrasonic frequencies. Pneumatic actuators operate on the basis of gas compressiblity. The five best humanoid robots are