Advancement
in robotic technology has gone so high that even routine jobs in
industries have been replaced by robots. However the initial cost for
set of such robotic workers in industries is costlier but the outcome is
much more beneficial as compared to the man labor.
Because of its extent of resemblance with the human it reduced the man to machine gab and tries to bring both at the same level in many spheres of industrial and professional lives.
On the basis of their external behavior
To impart a good efficiency and flexibility to a robot for obtaining good standard it is necessary to use some special type of materials to construct their assembly parts. Here the material used is “thermoplastic polymer” which fulfils the purpose of making artificial skeletons in the best way.
Why to use thermoplastic materials?
Thermoplastic polymers can be defined as the material capable of giving all the degree of freedom to robot
1)The material attains liquid form when placed in high temperature i.e. when heated and on the other hand it remains in solid state at normal temperature (when cooled). Due to this property of the thermoplastic material can be used to make different parts of the robotic structure easily. The robotic structure can be given a greater degree of freedom or flexibility with use of thermoplastic materials.
2)There are tendons in human body which performs the task of connecting the bond to muscles while in robotic structure thermoplastic polymer does the same function.
On the basis of their internal behavior
By internal behavior we mean responding of the robot to the external stimuli in the way the human does. Some basic cognitive characteristics are responsible for this ability of anthropomimetic robot.
Taking a case when a robot tries to step on something which may or may not be stable it will have to make correction to it orientation and direction so as to ensure its steps while the movement. Rudimentary sensory-motor control is required for doing this task. A memory is maintained while the course of movement of the robot will is retrieved when a similar obstacle is faced by it and with this help of the past experience an appropriate solution is found by it for making it functioning.
It can be taken as its disadvantage that for use of the robot at full scale it is still to be upgraded with many computers and sensors to make it capable of interacting with outer world.
Initially robot was designed for the purpose of investigation and study of different properties of the machines like for investigation of materials, joints it machines, actuators, and for the morphology. After a CRONOS its second version was also designed with its improved skeleton and higher efficient and powerful motors. It was given the name CRONOS 2. Some of the main features of the version are:
1) The main feature of this version of the CRONOS 2 was that it was not only able to imitate the motions of the human but also it has a good resemblance with human body
2) It uses elastically driven actuators because of which it is able to attain all the degree of freedom i.e. 42 degrees of freedom.
3) Where the CRONOS was made from common material like nuts, screws, actuators and thermoplastic polymers for construction of its skeleton and tendon on the other hand CRONOT 2 had to be more stronger similar to human it brought actuated screwdriver motors for construction of the artificial muscles and bungee cord was used for making its flexible bones and muscles.
The intelligence of this series of robots can also be used in such regions of work place where it can save many human lives like bomb removal purposes, nuclear experiments and their testing but it is not always a good thing about its ability of replacing human in work place, it can replace human jobs like grocery checkout clerks, library and assistants leading to unemployment in society which further arises a problem and depicts a bad face of this technology.
Because of its extent of resemblance with the human it reduced the man to machine gab and tries to bring both at the same level in many spheres of industrial and professional lives.
OVER VIEW OF ANTHROPOMIMETIC MACHINES
In our following discussion we will be concerned at a new class of the robotics which is Anthropomimetic Machines which are characterized by their ability of responding to external stimuli mentally and capability of performing the allotted task.What is Anthropomimetics?
A machine which can perform all kind of human behavior is known as “Anthropomimetic robot” where it is to be emphasized that it includes both internal and external behavior which concludes that it is capable of responding to almost all the external stimuli in the in surrounding in industrial work place.How anthropomimetic robots work?
On the basis of their external behavior
To impart a good efficiency and flexibility to a robot for obtaining good standard it is necessary to use some special type of materials to construct their assembly parts. Here the material used is “thermoplastic polymer” which fulfils the purpose of making artificial skeletons in the best way.
Why to use thermoplastic materials?
Thermoplastic polymers can be defined as the material capable of giving all the degree of freedom to robot
1)The material attains liquid form when placed in high temperature i.e. when heated and on the other hand it remains in solid state at normal temperature (when cooled). Due to this property of the thermoplastic material can be used to make different parts of the robotic structure easily. The robotic structure can be given a greater degree of freedom or flexibility with use of thermoplastic materials.
2)There are tendons in human body which performs the task of connecting the bond to muscles while in robotic structure thermoplastic polymer does the same function.
On the basis of their internal behavior
By internal behavior we mean responding of the robot to the external stimuli in the way the human does. Some basic cognitive characteristics are responsible for this ability of anthropomimetic robot.
Taking a case when a robot tries to step on something which may or may not be stable it will have to make correction to it orientation and direction so as to ensure its steps while the movement. Rudimentary sensory-motor control is required for doing this task. A memory is maintained while the course of movement of the robot will is retrieved when a similar obstacle is faced by it and with this help of the past experience an appropriate solution is found by it for making it functioning.
Advanced version of anthropomimetic robot as CRONOS
CRONOS was developed by Rob Knight and Owen Holland for the use of machine consciousness Lab at university of Bristol and Sussex which is basically used to develop illusion of interfacing with man.It can be taken as its disadvantage that for use of the robot at full scale it is still to be upgraded with many computers and sensors to make it capable of interacting with outer world.
Initially robot was designed for the purpose of investigation and study of different properties of the machines like for investigation of materials, joints it machines, actuators, and for the morphology. After a CRONOS its second version was also designed with its improved skeleton and higher efficient and powerful motors. It was given the name CRONOS 2. Some of the main features of the version are:
1) The main feature of this version of the CRONOS 2 was that it was not only able to imitate the motions of the human but also it has a good resemblance with human body
2) It uses elastically driven actuators because of which it is able to attain all the degree of freedom i.e. 42 degrees of freedom.
3) Where the CRONOS was made from common material like nuts, screws, actuators and thermoplastic polymers for construction of its skeleton and tendon on the other hand CRONOT 2 had to be more stronger similar to human it brought actuated screwdriver motors for construction of the artificial muscles and bungee cord was used for making its flexible bones and muscles.
What are future uses of Anthropomimetic robots?
Anthropomimetic robots and its series of advances versions were developed to have machines capable of getting embedded into the human society having maximum resemblance with human both internally and externally which should be capable of performing the daily routines jobs.What are applications of Anthropomimetic robots?
As soon as a new technology is innovated it leads to two possibilities of its use i.e. good use or the evil one. Here the good uses may include replacement of many existing old but omnipresent technology like ATM and many computing processes.The intelligence of this series of robots can also be used in such regions of work place where it can save many human lives like bomb removal purposes, nuclear experiments and their testing but it is not always a good thing about its ability of replacing human in work place, it can replace human jobs like grocery checkout clerks, library and assistants leading to unemployment in society which further arises a problem and depicts a bad face of this technology.
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