Photos Of 10 Robots Being Developed; See Names And How They Will Affect Our Lives

Scientists, technologists and innovators have continued to break new grounds in the world of artificial intelligence, since the start of this 21st century. Since 2000, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has received new boost and the development seems to be on the rise even in our world today.

This improvement in AI has invariably given birth to research and development of robots to help out in different tasks, across all human endeavor. However, what are the names of these popular robots already developed, and what can they do in terms of major functions? This is what this article seeks to reveal to the readers.

Hence, checkout these 10 ground breaking robots engineering, their names and what they can do;

1. ASIMO

Perhaps the most famous humanoid robot in existence, ASIMO was created in 2000 by the Honda Company. It is one of the most sophisticated and advanced social robots in existence today. ASIMO main functions, are to understand its environment, interact socially with humans and also has the ability to recognize moving objects, posture and human gestures.

ASIMO is truly, the most physically endowed social robot throughout the world, since it can walk, run and even climb a flight of stairs.

2. WALKER

This robot was introduced by UBTECH in 2019. WALKER is an intelligent, bipedal humanoid capable of interacting with people, manipulate objects and even has the ability to walk smoothly.

3. SANBOT

SANBOT has the ability to interact with people and with the help of its inbuilt projector, it can display graphics on a nearby wall. This make SANBOT a perfect robot for the retail environment. It was introduced by Qihan technology.

4. AIBO

This robot was developed in 1998 by SONY. AIBO is a buddy robot dog with special features like life like expressions, and an array of dynamic movements. It main purpose is to give warmth and delight to the lives of its owners.

5. ROMEO

ROMEO was developed and launched in 2009 by Softbank Robotics. The robot is made to be a companion, with special abilities to support the elderly and disabled. Upon release, ROMEO should be able to assist when people have fallen over, make conversation and play games.

6. VALKYRIE ROBOT

This robot was developed in collaboration with NASA and the University of Edinburgh. VALKYRIE is one of the most advanced humanoid robots in the world with design abilities to establish habitat in Mars. The robot is mainly designed to work in environment too hazardous for astronauts.

7. HRP - 5P

This robot was created by AIST and it is endowed with the ability to assist in building and manufacturing process. The robot is capable of using power tools and handling large objects during construction.

8. ATLAS 

This robot was developed by Boston Dynamics and it is an advanced humanoid robot. It has the ability to balance itself, even when pushed during performance of tasks.

9. PEPPER

PEPPER was introduced in 2014 by Softbank mobile stores in Japan. The unique features of this robot are that, it is capable of recognizing human emotions, sociable and also able to make conversation with people, giving them directions and even dancing with them.

10. NAO

NAO was released in 2008 and has since then, received a lot of improvements making it one of the most advanced robots in the world. NAO has the ability to interact with people, carryout exercise sessions in care homes and also assist children with Autism disease.