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

fYear

2011

fDate

25-30 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

4392

Lastpage

4399

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

2153-0858

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-454-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IROS.2011.6094415

Filename

6094415