The design of the iCub humanoid robot

International Journal of Humanoid Robotics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Parmiggiani, Alberto ^a   Maggiali, Marco ^a   Natale, Lorenzo ^a   Nori, Francesco ^a   Schmitz, Alexander ^a   Tsagarakis, Nikos ^a   Victor, José Santos ^b   Becchi, Francesco ^c   Sandini, Giulio ^a,d   Metta, Giorgio ^a,d  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c Telerobot OCEM Srl   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cognitive system; Humanoid robotics; open source

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC DESIGN; EMBODIED COGNITION; HARDWARE DESIGN; HUMANOID ROBOT; HUMANOID ROBOTICS; OPEN SOURCES; OPEN-SOURCE; SENSING PERFORMANCE;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC ROBOTS; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; OPEN SYSTEMS; ROBOTICS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 84872838618     PISSN: 02198436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219843612500272     Document Type: Article

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