Title :
Hardware improvement of Cybernetic Human HRP-4C for entertainment use
Author :
KANEKO, Kenji ; Kanehiro, Fumio ; Morisawa, Mitsuharu ; Tsuji, Tokuo ; Miura, Kanako ; Nakaoka, Shin´ichiro ; Kajita, Shuuji ; YOKOI, Kazuhito
Author_Institution :
Humanoid Res. Group, Nat. Inst. of Adv. Ind. Sci. & Technol. (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan
Abstract :
Hardware improvement of cybernetic human HRP-4C for entertainment is presented in this paper. We coined the word ??Cybernetic Human?? to explain a humanoid robot with a realistic head and a realistic figure of a human being. HRP-4C stands for Humanoid Robotics Platform-4 (Cybernetic human). Its joints and dimensions conform to average values of young Japanese females and HRP-4C looks very human-like. We have made HRP-4C present in several events to search for a possibility of use in the entertainment industry. Based on feedback from our experience, we improved its hardware. The new hand, the new foot with active toe joint, and the new eye with camera are introduced.
Keywords :
cybernetics; entertainment; humanoid robots; legged locomotion; active toe joint; bipedal humanoid robots; cybernetic human; cybernetic human HRP-4C; entertainment industry; entertainment use; hardware improvement; humanoid robotics platform-4; Databases; Foot; Gears; Humanoid robots; Humans; Joints; Thumb;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-454-1
DOI :
10.1109/IROS.2011.6094415