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capable of carrying out a given task (locomotion, prehension
and manipulation of tools) by taking the physical reality of
the surrounding environment into account, even if it adopts
a different strategy to that which would have been naturally
chosen by a human. There are different categories of
humanoid robots: androids, specialized robots to replace
humans in a specific and/or repetitive task, experimental
robots that are used to replace humans in dangerous or
inaccessible environments, and most recently, service robots
such as those designed to assist people who have lost some
autonomy. With the upright posture being particularly
unstable, dynamic being an adjective of study here in the
control of humanoid robots' actions [ALG 12]. The complex
morphology of this system makes possible different body
segments to contribute to equilibrium, but this richness
induces problems with modeling and command, which
require an analysis of movement and postural coordination
in humans to extract relevant data for the command of
robots.
Figure 1.10.
Humanoid robot Romeo (http://projetromeo.com/)
