Human anatomy could serve as the blueprint for humanoid robots and enable them to interact with their environment in a more human manner, according to the European team behind the Eccerobot project. The researchers are building a robotic anatomy based on the way human bones, muscles, and tendons are linked together and work. The robot has plastic bones that resemble biological shapes, and the kite-line used to move them is tough, like tendons. The team uses elastic cords to give the robot’s muscles some bounce. “We want to develop these ideas into a new kind of ‘anthropomimetic robot’ which can deal with and respond to the world in ways closer to the ways that humans do,” says project leader Owen Holland from the University of Sussex. The robot also will be built with some human-like artificial intelligence.
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