Humanoid iCub in child size from 2009. (Photograph: IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia)
Humanoid iCub in child size from 2009. (Photograph: IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia) A new ETH study compares 27 humanoid robots with humans and comes to the conclusion that while robots have better components, they are still not capable of achieving as much. However, according to the authors of the study, the machines are catching up. Science fiction films portray the idea relatively simply: the terminator - who either tries to destroy or rescue humanity - is such a perfect humanoid robot that in most cases it is superior to humans. But how well do humanoid robots perform nowadays away from the cinema screen? Precisely this question is addressed by a new study drawn up by lead author Robert Riener, Professor of Sensory-Motor Systems at ETH Zurich and founder of the Cybathlon , that is being published today in the robotics journal Frontiers in Robotics and AI . Comparing apples with apples. The first scientific challenge was to develop criteria that permit a meaningful comparison between humans and machines.
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