This document provides an overview of humanoid robots and ASIMO, an advanced humanoid robot created by Honda. It defines a humanoid robot as one that resembles humans in appearance and behavior, with a head, legs, arms and hands. Humanoid robots are developed to work in human environments without needing adaptation. ASIMO is introduced as a 120cm tall, 43kg human-like robot that can walk, climb stairs, make decisions, and use common sense. The latest version of ASIMO can understand human gestures and movements by following people and recognizing faces. It is considered intelligent because it can understand, learn, solve problems, make its own decisions, and adapt to new environments. Potential social issues around human

1. THE HUMANOID ROBOT
By
Ramya M K
8th Sem, ECE
Shirdi Sai Engineering
College
Anekal, Bangalore.

2. CONTENTS
 What is a Robot?
 What is Robotics?
 Types of Robots
 What is a Humanoid?
 Why Develop Humanoids?
 History of Humanoid Robots
 Humanoid Robot Applications
 ASIMO : An Intro
 The Latest Version of ASIMO
 The Intelligent System
 Why ASIMO is most intelligent
 Social Issues

3.  A robot is a mechanical or virtual intelligent agent
that can perform tasks automatically or with
guidance, typically by remote control. In practice a
robot is usually an electro-mechanical machine that
is guided by computer and electronic programming.

4. Unimate Puma500 manipulator
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5. Mobile robot Industrial robot
Autonomous robots Remote-controlled robot
Types of Robots

6.  Humanoid refers to any being whose body structure
resembles that of a human: head, legs, arms, hands.
 It resembles a human both in appearance and
behavior.

7. • They can work in human environment without a need
to adapt themselves or to change the environment.
• It is easier for a human being to interact with a human-
like being.

8.  Self-maintenance
 Avoiding harmful situations to people, property, and
itself
 Safe interacting with human beings and the environment
 Legged locomotion
 Arm control and dexterous manipulation

10.  Advanced Step in Innovative
Mobility (ASIMO)
 It can walk and climb the
stairs
 It is 120 cm high and 43 kg
weight
 It looks like humans
 It can work like human
beings
 It has the ability to take
decisions
 It can use common sense in
the new environment

11.  Honda has unveiled a new
version of its humanoid robot
that understands human gestures
and movements.
 Capable of to following the
moves of nearby people
 It uses a camera to recognize ten
different preprogrammed faces
and respond with a vocal
welcome

12. A System Is Thought To Be Intelligent If It Can Understand
And Learn, Solve A Problem, Make Its Own Decisions And
Adapt To New Environments.

13.  It can work as a person like cooking , cleaning, recognize
nearby people, understands human gestures and
movements etc.
 ASIMO can change both its speed and its directions
smoothly without having to stop where as the conventional
robot had to stop once before changing its direction.
 It can make decision in the new environment
 It can understand the problem and works accordingly

14.  Plenty of humans already who do not have jobs or
good places to live , then why replace with
Humanoids
 Why not keep humanoids, like calculators, merely
as useful gadgetry?
 Robots will become super intelligent and rule this
world.

15. QUESTIONS?