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- Sophia. Sophia is a humanoid robot developed by Hanson Robotics. This Hong Kong-based company specializes in creating humanoid robots with artificial intelligence for various applications, such as healthcare, research, and entertainment.
- Ameca. Ameca is a humanoid robot created by English robotics company Engineered Arts. The project was revealed in a video published in December 2021 and then in person at CES 2022.
- Geminoid DK. Geminoid DK came out in 2011 and surprised everyone with its realistic facial expressions. Made of a metallic skeleton covered with silicone skin and both human and artificial hair, Geminoid DK looks exactly like Danish professor Henrik Scharfe of Aalborg University, who collaborated on the project along with Japanese engineer Hiroshi Ishiguro, his team at Advanced Telecommunication Institute International (ATR), and Sanrio Group’s robot manufacturer Kokoro.
- Nadine. Nadine is a social humanoid robot modeled after Professor Nadia Magnenat Thalmann, who founded the University of Geneva’s MIRALab and chaired the Institute for Media Innovation at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, from 2009 to 2021.
- Ameca
- Alter 3
- Armar-6
- Apollo
- Atlas
- Beomni
- Digit
- Jiajia
- Kime
- Nadine
Engineered Arts’ latest and most advanced humanoid robot is Ameca, which the company bills as a development platform where AI and machine learning systems can be tested. Featuring sensors that can track movement across the entirety of a room, along with face and multiple voice recognition capabilities, Ameca naturally interacts with humans and dete...
Dubbed Alter 3, the latest humanoid robot from Osaka University and mixi is powered by an artificial neural network and has an ear for music. Earlier iterations of Alter sang in an opera. Alter 3, which has enhanced sensors and improved expressive ability and vocalization system for singing, went even further in 2020 by conducting an orchestraat th...
ARMAR-6 is a humanoid robot developed by researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany to work in industrial settings. Capable of using drills, hammers and other tools, ARMAR-6 also features AI technology allowing it to learn how to grasp objectsand hand them to human co-workers. It’s also able to take on maintenance duties like w...
Apptronik’s Apollo is the result of the company building on its experiences of previous robots, including its 2022 humanoid robot Astro. With the ability to carry up to 55 pounds, Apollo is designed to function in plants and warehouses and may expand into industries like retail and construction. An impact zone allows the robot to stop its motion wh...
Atlas is a leaping, backflipping humanoid robot designed by Boston Dynamics that uses depth sensors for real-time perception and model-predictive control technology to improve motion. Measuring 5 feet tall and weighing in at 196 pounds, Atlas has three onboard computers, 28 hydraulic joints, and moves at speeds of more than 5 miles per hour. Built ...
Created by Beyond Imagination, the humanoid robot Beomni is controlled remotely by “human pilots” donning virtual reality headsets and other wearable devices like gloves, while AI helps Beomni learn tasks so one day it can become autonomous. In 2022, Beyond Imagination CEO and co-founder Harry Kloor told Built In that he’s hopeful Beomni will trans...
Already capable of unloading trailers and moving packages, Digit, a humanoid robot from Agility Robotics, is poised to take on even more tedious tasks. With fully functioning limbs, Digit is able to crouch and squat to pick up objects, adjusting its center of gravity depending on size and weight, while surface plane-reading sensors help it find the...
Developed by researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China, Jiajia is the first humanoid robot to come out of China. Researchers spent three years developing Jiajia. Chen Xiaoping, who led the team behind the humanoid robot, told reporters during Jiajia’s 2016 unveiling that he and his team would soon work to make Jiajia capabl...
KIME, Macco Robotics’ humanoid robotic bartender, serves beer, coffee, wine, snacks, salads and more. Each KIME kiosk is able to dispense 253 items per hourand features a touchscreen and app-enabled ordering, plus a built-in payment system. Though unable to dispense the sage advice of a seasoned bartender, KIME is able to recognize its regular cust...
Researchers from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore developed Nadine, a humanoid social robot, with realistic skin, hair, facial expressions and upper body movements that’s able to work in a variety of settings. According to researchers, Nadine can recognize faces, speech, gestures and objects. It even features an affective system that m...
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- Ameca the Humanoid Robot — Most Expressive. When Engineered Arts, a U.K.- based designer of humanoid robots, released a YouTube video of one of its creations in late 2021, the automaton’s eerily-lifelike behavior went viral.
- Sophia the Robot — Android Ambassador. A humanoid robot named Sophia spoke at the AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, Switzerland in 2017. (Credit: International Telecommunication Union/Wikimedia Commons)
- Boston Dynamics Atlas — The Robot That Can Do Parkour. Unlike the previous bots on this list, Atlas doesn’t have expressive eyes or the ability to flash a smile — in fact, it doesn’t have much of a face at all.
- Valkyrie — The NASA Robot. With a name ripped straight from Norse mythology and weighing a whopping 300 pounds, Valkyrie is an impressive sight.
- Shakey. Believe it or not, real robots have been around for more than 50 years. SRI, a nonprofit research institute, built the world’s first mobile robot between 1966 and 1972.
- Pepper. Pepper is one of the world’s first human-like robots that can recognize faces and emotions. Created by the Japanese company Softbank, the Pepper robots sold out in minutes when they were first released in 2014.
- Atlas. Atlas, a humanoid robot built by Boston Dynamics, is the most advanced robot that exists today, according to Murphy. Its state-of-the-art hardware (including 28 joints!)
- Spot. Another robot created by Boston Dynamics, Spot is a 70-pound dog-shaped co-bot that can walk, trot and climb over a variety of terrains, including loose gravel, grass, curbs and stairs.
- Photo: Toyota. Robotic Avatar. Initially introduced by Toyota in 2017, the T-HR3 is a humanoid robot that mimics the movements of its human operator—like a real-world avatar.
- Image: Hanson Robotics. Robotic Ambassador. Perhaps the most recognizable face of humanoids is that of Sophia, a social humanoid developed by Hong Kong-based Hanson Robotics.
- Photo: Agility Robotics. Delivery Robot. In January 2020, it was announced that Ford became the first customer to incorporate Agility Robotics’ humanoid robot, called Digit, into a factory setting.
- Photo: University of Tehran. Research Humanoid. Mechanical engineers at the Iranian University of Tehran have been working on Surena robots since 2010. Their latest model, which debuted in December 2019, is called Surena IV—an adult-sized humanoid that is reportedly capable of face and object detection, speech recognition and generation, walking with a speed of 0.7 kilometers per hour, and an ability to grip a variety of shapes and objects.
Dec 2, 2021 · The robot is called Kuratas and looks like something out of Hollywood. It is 3.8 metres tall, weighs 5 tons, and features a BB Gatling gun that can pump out 6,000 rounds per minute. It's also been ...
Nov 29, 2023 · Building a robot that’s both human-like and useful is a decades-old engineering dream inspired by popular science fiction. While the latest artificial intelligence craze has sparked another wave of investments in the quest to build a humanoid, most of the current prototypes are clumsy and impractical, looking better in staged performances ...
