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Humanlike Robots - Synthetically Mimicking HumansNature inspired many inventions and the field of technology that is based on the mimicking or inspiration of nature is widely known as Biomimetics and it is increasingly leading to many new capabilities. There are numerous examples of biomimetic successes including the copying of fins for swimming, and the inspiration of the insects and birds flight. More and more commercial implementations of biomimetics are appearing and behaving lifelike and applications are emerging that are important to our daily life. Making humanlike robots is the ultimate challenge to biomimetics and, for many years, it was considered science fiction, but such robots are becoming an engineering reality. Advances in producing such robot are allowing them to perform impressive functions and tasks. The development of such robots involves addressing many challenges and is raising concerns that are related to fear of their application implications and potential ethical issues. In this paper, the state-of-the-art of humanlike robots, potential applications and challenges will be reviewed.
Document ID
20130001780
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
Authors
Bar-Cohen, Yoseph
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 27, 2013
Publication Date
June 11, 2012
Subject Category
Cybernetics, Artificial Intelligence And Robotics
Meeting Information
Meeting: SEM 12th International Congress and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics
Location: Costa Mesa, CA
Country: United States
Start Date: June 11, 2012
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
sensors
actuators
robotics
humanlike

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