Abstract
Making humanlike robots is a complex task that requires not only copying the appearance of humans but also replicating the core of what makes us human, including our thoughts, emotions, and capabilities. Effectively, we need to model human movement and behavior, and even the way we think. This task involves many science and engineering disciplines, including mechanical and electrical engineering, materials science, computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), and control. By developing robots that appear and function similar to humans we understand ourselves better and we make robots that we can better relate to, as though we were relating to fellow humans. Making such robots can benefit from advances in biomimetics – the study of nature and its interpretation in biologically inspired technologies.
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Bar-Cohen, Y., Hanson, D., Marom, A. (2009). How to Make a Humanlike Robot. In: The Coming Robot Revolution. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-85349-9_3
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