A humanoid robot is a robot resembling the human body in shape. The design may be aimed at functional purposes, such as interacting with human tools and environments and working alongside humans, for
Valkyrie (R5), a humanoid robot from NASA
Ameca generation 1 pictured in the lab at Engineered Arts
A robot is a machine, especially one programmable via a computer, capable of automatically carrying out a complex series of actions. A robot can be guided by an external or internal control device. Ro
ASIMO (2000) at the Expo 2005
Articulated welding robots used in a factory are a type of industrial robot.
A hypothetical reconstruction of Philo's automatic robot servant (3rd century BCE) in the Kotsanas Museum of Ancient Greek Technology, Athens, Greece
Su Song's astronomical clock tower showing the mechanical figurines which chimed the hours