A humanoid robot is a particular form of embodied agent. The form that an agent takes has a
major impact on how that agent interacts with its environment and how it develops an …

Many people have dreamed that humanoid robots will be integrated into our daily lives. This
hope for humanoid robots can be attributed to our anthropomorphism. Humans understand …

The aim of human-robot interaction (HRI) is that people intuitively understand robots. When
integrating humanoid robots into our daily lives, a myriad of factors can influence how a …

Humanoid Robotics: a Reference provides a comprehensive compilation of developments in
the conceptualization, design and development of humanoid robots and related …

Humanoid robotics is an emerging and challenging research field that has received
significant attention during the past years and will continue to play a central role in robotics …

Since long ago, humans have always dreamt (or had nightmares) and speculated about
having robots able to behave and relate to them as if they were humans (Asimov 1950; …

We appear to be at a critical juncture where the impetus to procure autonomous systems to
address urgent needs may push us past our reservations about robots and into embracing a …

Mobile robots pose a unique set of challenges to artificial intelligence researchers. Such
challenges include issues of autonomy, uncertainty (both sensing and control), and …

Humanoid robots can serve as a direct approach to the acquisition of this type of
competence, since a sufficiently sophisticated humanoid robot would be able to experience …

For a long time, many inventors have strived to create a perfect machine counterpart of
humans—to copy the innards of creatures, but also with the objective to build “mechanical …