Humanoid robot comes to life
Meet Roboy, “one of the most advanced humanoid robots,” say researchers at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of the University of Zurich. Over 40 engineers and scientists are constructing Roboy as a tendon-driven robot modeled on human beings (robots usually have their motors in their joints, giving them that “robot” break-dance look), so it will move almost as elegantly as a human. Roboy will be a “service robot,” meaning it will execute services independently for the convenience of human beings, as in the movie Robot & Frank.
Director Rolf Pfeifer of the Artificial Lab of the University of Zurich looks at the humanoid robot ROBOY during a media presentation in Zurich February 27, 2013. A project team, composed of scholars and industry representatives, has been working on ROBOY since June 2012. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND - Tags: SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)
Dominik Brumm and Serge Weydert (L) of the the Artificial Lab of the University of Zurich sit behind the humanoid robot ROBOY during a media presentation in Zurich February 27, 2013. A project team, composed of scholars and industry representatives, has been working on ROBOY since June 2012. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND - Tags: SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)
Dominik Brumm of the Artificial Lab of the University of Zuerich looks at the humanoid robot ROBOY during a media presentation in Zurich February 27, 2013. A project team, composed of scholars and industry representatives, has been working on ROBOY since June 2012. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY)
Serge Weydert of the Artificial Lab of the University of Zurich looks at a humanoid robot ROBOY during a media presentation in Zurich February 27, 2013. A project team, composed of scholars and industry representatives, has been working on ROBOY since June 2012. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND - Tags: SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)
Photographers take pictures of the humanoid robot ROBOY during a media presentation at the Artificial Lab of the University of Zurich in Zurich February 27, 2013. A project team, composed of scholars and industry representatives, has been working on ROBOY since June 2012. REUTERS /Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND - Tags: SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)
Dominik Brumm and Serge Weydert (L) of the the Artificial Lab of the University of Zurich sit behind the humanoid robot ROBOY during a media presentation in Zurich February 27, 2013. A project team, composed of scholars and industry representatives, has been working on ROBOY since June 2012. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND - Tags: SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)
Director Rolf Pfeifer of the Artificial Lab of the University of Zurich shakes hands with the humanoid robot ROBOY during a media presentation in Zurich February 27, 2013. A project team, composed of scholars and industry representatives, has been working on ROBOY since June 2012. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND - Tags: SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)
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