DocumentCode
796325
Title
Robots stand on own two feet
Author
Riezenman, M.J.
Volume
39
Issue
8
fYear
2002
fDate
8/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
24
Lastpage
25
Abstract
Honda, Sony and Fujitsu are selling the first strolling humanoids. Honda´s 120-cm-high Asimo is the tallest robot to amble admirably - not only on level ground, but up and down stairs and along slopes as well. To meet the challenge more easily, the latest robots scale things down: Fujitstu´s new Humanoid for Open Architecture Platform (HOAP-1) is just 48 cm tall, while Sony´s vaudevillian SDR-4X, the singer and dancer, is 58 cm.
Keywords
computer evaluation; equipment evaluation; legged locomotion; Fujitstu HOAP-1 robot; Honda Asimo robot; Humanoid for Open Architecture Platform; Sony SDR-4X robot; robot height; singing dancing robot; two-legged locomotion; walking humanoid robots; Humanoid robots; Laser transitions; Legged locomotion; Microcontrollers; Micromotors; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Temperature; Thermoelectricity; Wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9235
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSPEC.2002.1022023
Filename
1022023
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