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Humanoid robots are highly sophisticated machines equipped with human-like sensory and motor capabilities. Today we are on the verge of a new era of rapid transformations in both science and engineering-one that brings together technological advancements in a way that will accelerate both neuroscience and robotics. Humanoid Robotics and Neuroscience: Science, Engineering and Society presents the contributions of prominent scientists who explore key aspects of the further potential of these systems.

Topics include:

Neuroscientific research findings on dexterous robotic hand control
Humanoid vision and how understanding the structure of the human eye can lead to improvements in artificial vision
Humanoid locomotion, motor control, and the learning of motor skills
Cognitive elements of humanoid robots, including the neuroscientific aspects of imitation and development
The impact of robots on society and the potential for developing new systems and devices to benefit humans
The use of humanoid robotics can help us develop a greater scientific understanding of humans, leading to the design of better engineered systems and machines for society. This book assembles the work of scientists on the cutting edge of robotic research who demonstrate the vast possibilities in this field of research.



Section I: Humanoid Robotics Perspectives to Neuroscience

Humanoid Robotics and Neuroscience: Science, Engineering and Society (Gordon Cheng)

Humanoid Brain Science (Erhan Oztop, Emre Ugur, Yu Shimizu, Hiroshi Imamizu)

Section II: Emulating the Neuro-mechanisms with Humanoid Robots

Hands, Dexterity and the Brain (Helge Ritter and Robert Haschke)

Humanoid Action, Recognition and the Brain: Stochastic Information Processing that Unifies Recognition and Generation of Motion Patterns - Toward Symbolical Understanding of the Continuous World (Tetsunari Inamura and Yoshihiko Nakamura)

Humanoid Vision and the Brain: Foveal Vision for Humanoid Robots (Ales Ude)

Humanoid Robotics Motor Learning and Neuroscience: Representation and Control of the Task Space in Humans and Humanoid Robots (Michael Mistry and Stefan Schaal)

Humanoid Locomotion and the Brain (Jun Morimoto)

Humanoid Motor Control: Dynamics and the Brain (Sang-Ho Hyon)

Section III: Leaping forward: Toward Cognitive Humanoid Robots

Learning from Examples: Imitation Learning Emerging Cognition (Yasuo Kuniyoshi)

Cognitive Developmental Robotics towards Humanoid Science: Towards Language: Vocalization by Cognitive Developmental Robotics (Minoru Asada)