Robot Ekspresif from MIT

Scientists in the field during this robotik always a big challenge. Namely, how to make humanoid robots able to imitate the human expression. Many robots have a physical strength far beyond human. However, not many children who can seekspresif Adam.

One of the challenges that try to conquer it is scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. They make a robot named Nexi.

Nexi high of only one child aged three years. Body consisting of the head and body. The head is designed with the MIT Design Xitome, while chasis body Nexi mobile manipulator using artificial uBot5 company UMASS Amherst.

Nexi head like a human head with a bald white. Have the face of the elements that make up the expression on the human face. Namely, eyebrow, eye socket, eyeball, eyelid, and jowl.

The face has 15 degrees of freedom can simulate a number of human expression. Nexi can popeyed, mengernyit, laughing, even memelototi a person or object in time, like a resentful man.

At the head Nexi, there is also the command input device. That is, the CCD camera with a sensor light on the eyeball and the infrared camera on the brow. In addition, there are four in the microphone to support voice processing. Nexi can also introduce themselves.

Nexi neck movement is also flexible. Nexi able to move my neck in the fourth degree of freedom. Thus, the robot can shake, nod, or directing his head to one direction with the same speed with the speed of human neck movement.

Nexi capable arm is driven to the four directions. If used together, the two lengannya able to lift loads up to 5 kilograms. The circle is able to rotate and the hands move to some direction.

Nexi have hands that consist of four fingers, the thumb, index finger, and two other fingers. Thumb and index finger can move independently, while the other two fingers are always moving together. So, Nexi able to grasp the movement or shake hands.

Nexi terbungkus plastic body that is able to recognize the touch of human skin. Two wheels in the body is able to make Nexi run as fast as the human