Robotic Nation Evidence

Humanoid Robots

Honda, on the other hand, is seeking to build "general purpose robots, that can act as companions to humans. That is the vision we have," said Masato Hirose, senior chief engineer, who leads Honda's robot research projects. To live a "human" life, a human-shaped robot has merits because "it can go every place where a human goes. It can use the same tools that humans can use," said Hirose.