The anatomy of a humanoid robot

Robotica

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 437-443

  Seward, D W ^a   Bradshaw, A ^a   Margrave, F ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human performance; Humanoid robot; Technology

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMAN FORM MODELS; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE; SPECIFICATIONS; TECHNOLOGY;

HUMANOID ROBOT;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0030191654     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0263574700019846     Document Type: Article

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