Cynthia Breazeal and Brian Scassellati
Humanoid robots can engage in physical and social imitation tasks and serve as extremely compelling demonstrations. They are also expensive, challenging to build, and require continual maintenance. Some systems are primarily upper torsos [a–d], some are full-body systems [e], some are only a head wi
Before you start
- Basic Python familiarity
- Comfort with algebra or calculus basics
- Interest in robotics systems
About this guide
Humanoid robots can engage in physical and social imitation tasks and serve as extremely compelling demonstrations. They are also expensive, challenging to build, and require continual maintenance. Some systems are primarily upper torsos [a–d], some are full-body systems [e], some are only a head with a vision system [f], and some have an expressive face [g]. Although many other full-body humanoid robots have been constructed (e.g. Honda’s child sized Asimo and Sony’s knee-height SDR-4X) they ha
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Humanoid robots can engage in physical and social imitation tasks and serve as extremely compelling demonstrations. They are also expensive, challenging to build, and require continual maintenance. Some systems are primarily upper torsos [a–d], some are full-body systems [e], som
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