Description : Emulating the human appearance, abilities, and intelligence is the ultimate goal of efforts to reproduce human beings in art and technology. Producing humanlike robots is part of the broader effort to develop biologically inspired technologies – also known as biomimetics. Making humanlike robots involves engineering machines that copy human appearance and imitate our behavior as biological systems. Humanlike robots, which were once considered science fiction, are today walking into our lives, thanks to recent advances in technology. Tools such as finite element modeling, computer simulations, speech recognition, rapid image processing, graphic displays, and animated simulations,
as well as many others are helping us to make enormous improvements in producing lifelike robots. Making a robot that looks and behaves like a human being has been the subject of many popular science fiction movies and books. Although the development of such a robot faces many challenges, the making of a virtual human has long been potentially possible. With recent advances in various key technologies related to hardware and software, the making of humanlike robots is increasingly becoming an engineering reality.As robotics technology continues to improve we are approaching the point where, on seeing such a robot, we will respond with ‘‘Wow, this robot looks unbelievably real!’’ just like the reaction to an artificial flower. The accelerating pace of advances in related fields suggests that the emergence of humanlike robots that become part of our daily life seems to be imminent. These robots are expected to raise ethical concerns and may also raise many complex questions related to their interaction with humans.
This book covers the reality and the vision in the development and engineering of humanlike robots. The topic is described from various angles, including the state of the art, how these robots are made, their current and potential applications, and the challenges to the developers and users, as well as the concerns and ethical issues. This book includes discussion of the state-of-the-art trends, challenges, benefits, and plans for future developments. Since the Stone Age, people have used art and technology to reproduce the human appearance, capabilities, and intelligence. Realistic humanlike robots and simulations, which once seemed just a fantastic, unattainable extension of these efforts, are starting literally to walk into our lives, thanks to recent advances in the development of related technology. Such robots originate from the efforts to adapt and imitate, inspired by nature or more specifically using biology as a model for mimicking. A related field known as ‘‘biomimetics’’ involves the study and the engineering of machines that display the appearance, behavior, and functions of biological systems.
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