Abstract
Humanoid robot is a research area in robotics. Humanoid robots are shaped in order to resemble human shape. These robots are used for different purposes in different industries such as health, space, education and manufacturing. In this chapter, we try to summarize the present status of humanoid robots in the world.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Studies in Systems, Decision and Control |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH |
| Pages | 3-25 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Publication series
| Name | Studies in Systems, Decision and Control |
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| Volume | 344 |
| ISSN (Print) | 2198-4182 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 2198-4190 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2021, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
Funding
PETMAN PETMAN (Protection Ensemble Test Mannequin), was funded by US Department of Defense’s Chemical and Biological Defense program, is created by Boston Dynamics and enhanced in order to examine chemical and biological teams for the US military [7]. The type of this humanoid robot’s type is Military & Security humanoid robot [13]. This bipedal humanoid robot can squat and walk and do push-ups [13]. PETMAN’s basic usage is for serving like a crash dummy of sorts for testing biological and chemical agents’ effects and aid in any condition in biological or chemical war. PETMAN’s features are as follows [13]: Anthropomorphic design, equipped with custom hydraulic actuators, 177.8 cm height, 79.4 kg weight, 6.44 km/h speed. It can alter its body temperature and humidity. Atlas is known as PETMAN’s big brother. The other related humanoid robots with PETMAN are BEAR, TORO, HRP-4 and Robo Thespian.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| Boston Dynamics | |
| U.S. Department of Defense |
Keywords
- Fuzzy sets
- Humanoid robots
- Types of humanoid robots