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Fig. 2. The Underwater Robot
(copyright of Associate Professor Gerald Seet Gim Lee, Nanyang Technological
University, Singapore, used by permission)

Fig. 3. The “Opportunity”MarsRover
(public domain image, courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech)

3.4 Humanoid Robot
Humanoid robots are designed to imitate human movement, behavior, and
activities. These robots can sense, actuate, plan, control, and execute activi-
ties. Among the successful humanoid robots include ASIMO [20] from Honda
(Figure 4a), QRIO [21] from Sony (Figure 4b), and Actroid [22, 23] from
Kokoro Co. and Advanced Media (Figure 5).
Each of these robots has its own salient features. ASIMO is a fast moving
humanoid robot. It can walk to its goal while avoiding obstacles in its way.
QRIO is the first affordable humanoid robot in the market for entertainment
proposes. This robot can walk with children, dance with them by imitating
their movements.
On the other hand, Actroid is an android that has its facial and body
movements similar to real human movements. Actroid greets people in four
languages (Chinese, English, Japanese, and Korean) and starts talking with