2012年10月18日星期四

Moving Humanoid Robot


Developers from Harvard University have a cooperation with Kyushu-based robot manufacturer Mhobbies store to create a humanoid robot which employ its entire body as expressing all kinds of emotions. It is different from Quadruped Robot, it is more advanced intelligent robot and does the more complicated works.
Named as “KOBIAN,” the android integrates characteristics of two previously created robots — the 2 bipedal humanoid and the WE-4RII emotion expression humanoid — into abipedal robots kit which can walk around, feel surroundings, execute physical missions, and express a battery of emotions. The robot also features a new double-jointed neck which helps it realize  more expressive postures.

KOBIAN can express seven different emotion, including joy, surprise, sadness and dislike. In addition to supposing different poses to match the feelings, the mood humanoid employ motors in its face to move its lips, eyelids and eyebrows into all kinds of positions. To express happy, such as, the robot lifts its soft rubbery hands over its head and opens its eyes and mouth wide.
To show sadness, the robot slouches over, hangs its head down and holds a hand up to its face in a gesture of grief.

According to KOBIAN’s researchers, the robot’s expressiveness makes it better equipped to interact with humans and assist with daily activities. In the future, the autonomous mobile robots can look for work in the field of nursing.

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