Humanoid & Anthromorphic Robots

Organizations [top]

Humanoide Roboter, University of Freiburg/Germany, Nimbro
MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab - Humanoid Robotics Group, Coco, Cog, Macaco, Sociable Machines KISMET
JSK Tokyo University, Saika, H5, H6 & H7
University of Hannover, Center of Mechatronics, Hannover, Germany, BARt-UH
University of Vanderbilt, Segway
Autonomous Agents Lab, University of Manitoba
Waseda University, Japan, Humanoids Project: WABOT, iSHA, ROBITA, WABIAN-2(LL), WL-15 & WL-16, WF-4, WE-4R, Wendy, Wamoeba, Hadaly-2, WE-4R
Osaka University, Strut, Scamper, Scamper2
San Diego Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, Robart, Greenman
The Humanoid Project, University of Technology in Gothenburg, ELVIS, PRISCILLA, ELVINA
Bundeswehr University Munich, HERMES
LIRA Lab, University of Genova, BabyBot
Forschungszentrum Informatik (FZI) at the University of Karlsruhe, ARMAR
Tohoku University, Space Machines Laboratory (Uchiyama Laboratory), SAIKA-3
Laboratory of Perceptual Robotics, University of Massachusetts, LPR Humanoid
Robotics Research Labs, Humanoid Group, University of Southern California
Artificial Intelligence and Media Lab, Korea, Ami
Beijing University of Science and Engineering, BHR-1
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Yokohama National University, BiPed
Institute of Applied Mechanics, Technical University of Munich, Johnnie
Institute of Automatic Control Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Project ViGWaM
Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Flo the Nursebot, Xavier, Amelia, Vikia
Advanced Robotics Research Center, Korea, CENTAUR
Department of Humanoid Robotics and Computational Neuroscience, Advanced Telecommunications and Research Institute Intl. (ATR), Kyoto, Japan, DB

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Wakamaru
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Tokyu Construction Co. Ltd., National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, and Honda, HRP-1S
Kawada Industries Inc., HRP-2P
TMSUK, Practical Robotic Solutions, Robots
The Shadow Robotics Company, Shadow Biped
Fraunhofer IPA, Care-O-Bot II

"Learning Robots" Nimbro, University of Freiburg/Germany
The Human AI Project website
ARICC (Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Control Centre), School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Singapore, Robo-Errectus
Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Kitano Symbiotic Systems Project, Tokyo, Morph3, Tatsuya Matsui
Open PINO Platform ( see also here)
Humanoid Robotics Project of MITI, Japan, HRP
Anthorpomorphic Robot Assistants, Germany, MORPHA
Johnson Space Center, NASA/DARPA, Robonaut (2), EAP, DART, EVA
Robby, A low cost humanoid housekeeping robot
Sluggish Software, Rodney (sourceforge, description), Flint

Silf-H2 by Katsuhisa Ito, Japan
Monster Mecha Mini Cooper R50
Kibertron, Bulgaria
Isamu, a joint pr oject of the University of Tokyo's Jouhou System Kougaku Laboratory (JSK Lab) and Aircraft and Mechanical Systems Division of Kawada Industries, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan)

ICRA:

HURO:

HUMANOIDS:

"Build Your Own Humanoid Robots" by Karl Williams, Publisher: McGraw-Hill, ISBN: 0071422749
"Flesh and Machines: How Robots Will Change Us" by Rodney Allen Brooks, Publisher: Pantheon Books; 1st edition (February 12, 2002), ISBN 0375420797
"The Humanoids" by Jack Williamson, Publisher: Orb Books; 1st Orbed edition (January 15, 1996), ISBN's 0839825498 (January 1980), 0899683843 (January 1993), 0312852533 (December 1995)
"Robo Sapiens: Evolution of a New Species" by Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio, Publisher: MIT Press; 1st edition (September 1, 2000), ISBN: 0262133822
"Humans vs Androides" by Carlos da Silva (in Portuguese), link

Robocup Humanoid League:
Seattle 2001, Fukuoka 2002, Padua 2003, Lisbon 2004, Osaka 2005,
Participating Teams (2004):

ARIA, Isfahan University of Tech., Iran (Leader: Maziar Palhang)
Darmstadt Dribblers, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany (Leader: Oskar von Stryk)
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Issac, Politecnico di Torino: Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica, Italy (Leader: Giuseppe Menga)
NimbRo, University of Freiburg, Germany (Leader: Sven Behnke)
Persia, Isfahan University of Technology, Iran (Leader: Alireza Fadaei Tehrani)
Robo-Erectus, Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore (Leader: Yue Pik Kong)
ROPE, National University of Singapore, Singapore (Leader: Ho Hoan Nghia)
Senchans, Osaka University, Japan (Leader: Rawichote Chalodhorn)
Sharif CEDRA Humanoid Robot, Sharif University of Technology, Iran (Leader: Saeed Sohrabpour / Ali Meghdari)
Tao Pie Pie (2)/ HIRO, University of Manitoba, Canada (Leader: Jacky Baltes)
Team Osaka, Systec Akazawa Co., Japan (Leader: Yohei Akazawa)

R. Ambrose. Technology Survey: Humanoid Projects Around the World, NASA Johnson Space Center
The European Network for Climbing and Walking Robots (CALWAR)

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