title: Walking biped humanoids that perform manual labour.
abstract: The Humanoid Robotics Project of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan realized that biped humanoid robots can perform manual labour. The project developed humanoid robot platforms, consisting of humanoid robot hardware and a package of fundamental software, and explored applications of humanoid robots on them. The applications include maintenance tasks of industrial plants, teleoperation of industrial vehicles, cooperative tasks with a human, guarding the home and office and the care of patients in beds.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan. hiro.hirukawa@aist.go.jp
authors.forename: Hirohisa
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirukawa
mesh_terms: D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D032701:Biomimetics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003491:Cybernetics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008328:Man-Machine Systems; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016138:Walking; D014937:Work