Humanoid Robots – one step closer to automation of industries

“Artificial intelligence is growing up fast, as are robots whose facial expressions can elicit empathy and make your mirror neurons quiver.”
- Diane Ackerman

The word ‘Humanoid’ arises from English human and –oid “resembling”, means something that has an appearance resembling the human beings. The term was first coined back in the year 1912 to name the fossils that are morphologically similar to human skeleton.

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And we are past that long back, where now this particular term means a lot of things but not a fossil of organisms. In fact this is the most common word that all the tech enthusiasts and innovators use today to define the growth of robotics technology and where this is leading us to.

Now, the robots that can be referred to anything that is unique to human characteristics like walking on two legs, facial expressions, possessing apposable fingers or even adaptation capabilities are termed to be humanoid robots.

And all the top tech companies of today are investing a lot of their money in researching about the humanoid robots to make them better and reliant.

In the recent past, the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition in Florida just unveiled its ‘Planar Elliptical Runner’ and this robot is all mechanics. It is an advanced robot where a single motor in the middle drives the legs in an elliptical motion and side-to-side motion, which means the robot will be inherently stable when running (won’t fall forward or backward).

With such kind of innovations happening around us in the field of humanoid robotics, it is essential that all the budding engineers should know about them and realize the technological advancements going on currently.

So I decided to write this article to give you some insights about the advancements happening in the robotics industry and enlighten you with the facts.

Why the research on humanoid robots is very important?

One of the main aspects of robot’s existence is to help and assist human beings on their tasks. And for some activities we need a machine that can mimic humans and carryout the activities effectively.

For instance, the cities, streets and a lot of industries are designed for beings that can walk on two legs. Having machines that has wheel embedded onto it cannot move on stairs, commute in complex paths etc.

Humanoid robots are very much needed to fully operate in our society, assist or replace certain human jobs and walk around the place with same ease as humans do. And building a robot that has the wheels for navigation is fairly simple but building a robot that can walk on 2 legs is very complex.

Yes, walking motion of robots is more complex than what we actually think. A single step would require the researchers to use nerve signals from the entire human body to figure out the position of the foot, slope of the ground, relative position of the knee and hip with rest of the body, balancing the weights side-to-side etc.

We are gifted with an advanced microprocessor (Brain it is, thank god) to perform numerous calculations in under a second and give out the instructions to various parts of the body for actuation. This helps us to walk without falling down.

Achieving this with robots is really a complex challenge and a lot of companies need to spend sophisticated time and money on this problem to come up with an efficient solution.

So, what are the current developments in humanoid robots?

Although there are a lot companies involved in researching about the humanoid robots, some of the notable ones among them are: Honda, Boston Dynamics, PAL Robotics and Agility Robotics.

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What is the future of such humanoid robots?

These humanoid robots can move easily in complex paths, climb ladders, carry huge weights, and withstand radiations and other harmful rays, making life of human beings easy. These robots hold a very strong future among us.

In future, there will be delivery robots, home aid robots, rescue robots, industrial robots etc and their existence among us will be inevitable.

Even though there are a lot of advancements happening in the drone industry to carry out logistics activities, we still need a robot to deliver it to us. And there is a great scope for the humanoid robots as they can literally replace the monotonous activities that are carried out by humans.

What you can do to get started with humanoid robotics?

As this is an upcoming technology, you can’t really enroll in a degree on humanoid robotics to get skilled in them. But you can get acquainted with this innovative technology by building working projects. You can start by building some simple humanoid robots like biped walking robot (link), robots that involve kinematics concepts etc.

You need to start learning about these concepts as early as possible to stay with the technological advancements. And building projects on humanoid robots is an excellent way to get started with this field.

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Do let us, what you think about the humanoid robotics advancements in the recent past by commenting below.

Humanoid Robots – one step closer to automation of industries