Can robots ever be like humans?

By: Delaram, Tamer

Will robots ever become just like humans?

Daily scientists are experimenting and trying new software and are getting very close to building an almost human-like robot.

Robots can not reproduce however, they can look, act think, and feel like humans in every way.

Development of humanoid robots focuses on 3 major areas and that has all been used in making the Asimo robot.

Who is ASIMO ?Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility

A Japanese robot

He was worked on for more than 20 years, and published on 2000 but upgraded through out the years.

Asimo is able to work with humans in their daily environment.

What is he good at? Asimo is a humanoid robot that has achieved to:

Walk and run in a straight line

Make a turn and shift its weight

Jump and dance

It has got balance and agility

Walk up the stairs without any help

Kick a soccer ball

recognize voices and shake hands

Help people in their homes and office

Understand preprogrammed gestures and spoken commands

Recognize faces and voices

Interface with IC communication cards

ASIMO also does jobs that are too dangerous for humans to do

Hardware130 cm tall and 18 inches wide and

weights 54 KG.

Often referred to as looking like a "kid wearing a spacesuit,”

The material he is made of is magnesium alloy covered with a plastic resin, which makes ASIMO light in weight and compact.

He stores a battery on his backpack and weights about 13 pounds.

Software

Asimo is a rechargeable robot.

He has 3 indicator lights to show the state of operation.

Asimo has three sensors in his software to help him avoid obstacles:-

Ultrasonic Sensor

Ground sensor

Visual Sensor

Movement

Asimo’s skill of avoiding Obstacles using three types of sensors:-

Ultrasonic Sensor

Ground sensor

Visual Sensor

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFgXEkzMq7A• http://twitter.com/#!/asimo

Conclusion

Asimo has a hardware that allows it to have freedom in its movement and have different, allowing Asimo to have flexibility and fast changes in it’s body while still having the balance needed to do tasks .

CITATIONhttp://

world.honda.com/ASIMO/technology/intelligence.html

http://asimo.honda.com/inside-asimo/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASIMO

http://science.howstuffworks.com/asimo.htm

http://factsanddetails.com/japan.php?itemid=872&catid=26&subcatid=163