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The iCub humanoid robot: an open platform for research in embodied cognition
Giorgio Metta,Giulio Sandini,David Vernon,Lorenzo Natale,Francesco Nori +4 more
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The iCub is a humanoid robot for research in embodied cognition that will be able to crawl on all fours and sit up to manipulate objects and its hands have been designed to support sophisticate manipulation skills.Abstract:
We report about the iCub, a humanoid robot for research in embodied cognition. At 104 cm tall, the iCub has the size of a three and half year old child. It will be able to crawl on all fours and sit up to manipulate objects. Its hands have been designed to support sophisticate manipulation skills. The iCub is distributed as Open Source following the GPL/FDL licenses. The entire design is available for download from the project homepage and repository (http://www.robotcub.org). In the following, we will concentrate on the description of the hardware and software systems. The scientific objectives of the project and its philosophical underpinning are described extensively elsewhere [1].read more
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iCub: the design and realization of an open humanoid platform for cognitive and neuroscience research
Nikolaos G. Tsagarakis,Giorgio Metta,Giulio Sandini,David Vernon,Ricardo Beira,Francesco Becchi,Ludovic Righetti,José Santos-Victor,Auke Jan Ijspeert,Maria Chiara Carrozza,Darwin G. Caldwell +10 more
TL;DR: The design of the mechanisms and structures forming the basic 'body' of the iCub are described and kinematic structures dynamic design criteria, actuator specification and selection, and detailed mechanical and electronic design are considered.