Purpose

This paper aims to provide technical details of humanoid robot developments from the 1970s to the present day and to consider their potential applications and prospects.

Design/methodology/approach

Following an introduction, this first identifies the motivations for developing humanoid robots. It then provides a technical review of developments conducted between the 1970s and the late 2010s. The most recent developments and their applications are then discussed and the paper concludes with a brief consideration of future prospects.

Findings

Since the first efforts to develop humanoid robots in Japan, the 1970s, the technology has attracted global interest and progress has been dramatic. Enabled by developments in computing, imaging, sensing, power sources, actuators and other technologies, today’s humanoid robots are agile, stable and capable of all manner of human-like capabilities such as running, climbing stairs and carrying heavy loads. Real-world uses in fields such as construction, assembly, disaster response and home assistance are expected to emerge in the near future as a result of application-specific developments.

Originality/value

This illustrates the technological evolution of humanoid robots from their inception in the 1970s to the present day.

中文翻译：

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从过去到现在的人形机器人

目的

本文旨在提供从1970年代到今天的类人机器人发展的技术细节，并考虑其潜在的应用和前景。

设计/方法/方法

在介绍之后，本文首先确定了开发类人机器人的动机。然后，它对1970年代至2010年代后期的发展进行了技术审查。然后讨论了最新的发展及其应用，并在总结本文时简要考虑了未来的前景。

发现

自1970年代在日本首次开发人形机器人以来，该技术已引起全球关注，并且取得了巨大的进步。通过计算，成像，传感，电源，执行器和其他技术的发展，当今的类人机器人变得敏捷，稳定，并具有各种类似于人的能力，例如跑步，爬楼梯和搬运重物。由于特定于应用程序的开发，预计在不久的将来会出现在建筑，装配，灾难响应和家庭协助等领域中的实际用途。

创意/价值

这说明了类人机器人从1970年代创立至今的技术发展。