Sophia. Sophia is considered the most advanced humanoid robot.
Lucky for us, we got a chance to speak to the world's most advanced robot, Ameca at GITEX 2022 in Dubai. Created by Engineered Arts, Ameca is described as the "world's most advanced human shaped robot representing the forefront of human-robotics technology."
R2-D2. Hundreds of various robots have emerged in popular culture throughout the years. They've served as servants, rulers, invaders, and many more. R2-D2, on the other hand, stands alone at the top of the heap.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled the company's new humanoid robot dubbed “Optimus” at the 2022 AI Day on Friday.
Gakutensoku appears to have been Japan's first functional robot ever, as a side effect. The robot he wanted to build would celebrate nature and humanity, and rather than a slave, it would be a friend, and even an inspirational model, to people.
Sophia first emerged in 2016 as a super-intelligent human-like head with a realistic face that was able to blink, look from side to side and talk. The humanoid robot, created by Hong Kong firm Hanson robotics, can chat, smile mischievously and even tell jokes.
There are indications that falling for a robot is possible. For instance, research shows that people who chitchat via email, messenger, on the phone, or through text often feel a more intimate bond than those who chat face-to-face. The pressure is off, and so too might it be with a robot.
A bristlebot is a simple and tiny robot your kids can build at home using a toothbrush. Cut off the bristle end of the toothbrush and connect a small pre-isolated motor with some coin cell batteries. This little setup is quite easy to make, but the experience of building it is rewarding and fun for kids.
The first digitally operated and programmable robot was invented by George Devol in 1954 and was ultimately called the Unimate. This later laid the foundations of the modern robotics industry.
Cassie the robot, produced by Agility Robotics at OSU, established a Guinness World Record for the fastest 100 meters by a bipedal robot with a time of 24.73 seconds this week. Cassie was created in 2017 and, last year, ran 5 kilometers around campus in 53 minutes untethered on a single battery charge.
While many humanoid robots are still in the prototype phase or other early stages of development, a few have escaped research and development in the last few years, entering the real world as bartenders, concierges, deep-sea divers and as companions for older adults.
Gynoids are humanoid robots that are gendered feminine. They appear widely in science fiction film and art. They are also known as female androids, female robots or fembots, although some media have used other terms such as robotess, cyberdoll, "skin-job", or Replicant.
Sophia is considered the most advanced humanoid robot. Sophia debuted in 2016, she was one of a kind, and her interaction with people was the most unlikely thing you can ever see in a machine.
Elon Musk finally unveiled a working prototype of the highly anticipated humanoid robot 'Optimus', after first teasing it last year, in the Tesla's AI day 2022 event. The Tesla chief executive officer announced that the 'Optimus' can be priced less than $20,000 (around ₹16 lakh).
The six most common types of robots are autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), automated guided vehicles (AGVs), articulated robots, humanoids, cobots, and hybrids.
There are currently two working robonauts, R1 and R2. R1 and R2 are both highly capable robots and are able to handle a wide range of tools and tasks. Robonaut 2 or R2 was flown to the space station as part of STS-133 mission and was the first humanoid robot in space.
Robots continued to develop and can now be found in homes as toys, vacuums, and as programmable pets. Today robots are a part of many aspects of industry, medicine, science, space exploration, construction, food packaging and are even used to perform surgery.
Robots don't have genders—they're metal and plastic and silicon, and filled with ones and zeroes. Gender is a complicated mix of biology, which robots don't have, and how we feel about that biology, feelings that robots also lack.