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A humanoid robot is a robot that has a human-like shape. Since many robots in scientific fictions look like humans, a humanoid robot may be the default of robots for most people. On the other hand, it is difficult to claim that robots should be humanoid robots which are supposed to do some tasks in the real world, considering that aircrafts do not look like birds. The required functions for a robot may determine the optimal shape of the robot.
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Kajita, S., Hirukawa, H., Harada, K., Yokoi, K. (2014). Introduction. In: Introduction to Humanoid Robotics. Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, vol 101. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54536-8_1
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