Top 5 Humanoid Robots Ever.

5. NAO

The robot's development began with the launch of Project Nao in 2004. On 15 August 2007, Nao replaced Sony's robot dog Aibo as the robot used in the RoboCup Standard Platform League (SPL), an international robot soccercompetition. The Nao was used in RoboCup 2008 and 2009, and the NaoV3R was chosen as the platform for the SPL at RoboCup 2010.




4.  ASIMO

Several versions of the robot have been released since 2008. The Nao Academics Edition was developed for universities and laboratories for research and education purposes. It was released to institutions in 2008, and was made publicly available by 2011. Various upgrades to the Nao platform have since been released, including the 2011 Nao Next Gen and the 2014 Nao Evolution.

Nao robots have been used for research and education purposes in numerous academic institutions worldwide. As of 2015, over 5,000 Nao units are in use in more than 50 countries.

ASIMO, an acronym for Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility, is a humanoid robot designed and developed by Honda.

 Introduced on 21 October 2000, ASIMO was designed to be a multi-functional mobile assistant. With aspirations of helping those who lack full mobility, ASIMO is frequently used in demonstrations across the world to encourage the study of science and mathematics. At 130 cm (4 ft 3 in) tall and 50 kg (110 lb), ASIMO was designed to operate in real-world environments, with the ability to walk or run on two feet at speeds of up to 6 kilometres per hour (3.7 mph). In the U.S., ASIMO was part of the  Innoventions attraction at Disneyland and has been featured in a 15-minute show called "Say 'Hello' to Honda's ASIMO" since June 2005. The robot has made public appearances around the world, including the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the MiraikanMuseum and Honda Collection Hall in Japan, and the Ars Electronica festival in Austria

3. PETMAN

Protection Ensemble Test Mannequin (PETMAN) is a humanoid robot being developed for the US Army to test the special clothing used by soldiers for protection against chemical warfare agents.

The anthropomorphic robot will have increased capabilities over the earlier mechanically-operated suit testers, which allowed only a limited number of motion movements while conducting tests.

The PETMAN was unveiled in October 2009. Footage of the robot featuring its capabilities was released in October 2011. It is anticipated to enter into the engineering and manufacturing phase in the third quarter of 2012.

PETMAN will be used to test and evaluate the next generation hazmat suits and other individual protection ensembles used by troops, in controlled environmental conditions. It could also be used by the US Air Force, Navy and the Marine Corps.

2. MARTIN KELLY's HEAD

ASIMO, NAO, and PETMAN are all very impressive, but none of these robots look much like people.  ASIMO and NAO are both the wrong size and proportion. PETMAN looks like a T-800 wearing track shoes. 

It has a warning light for a head, for goodness’ sakes!  None of them have anything resembling a face.  For good reason, too!  A quick journey across Youtube will reveal the perils of trying to build plausible human faces – examples range from the merely dead-eyed and upsettingto genuine nightmare material.

These past failures make Martin Kelly’s example that much more impressive.  The eyes seem alive, and the face moves naturally into a variety of convincing expressions.  It almost seems like the robot knows something that we don’t.  This is made all the more impressive by the relatively simple robotic rig that articulates the face.  If you couldn’t see the table through the back of its open mouth, it would almost seem alive.

As it turns out, building and animating a plausible human face is more a question of artistic limitations than technological ones, and, as a result, turning artists with technical skill loose on the problem works much better than simply allowing robotics grad students to mess around with rubber and motors in a lab, which is presumably how the uncanny valley girl came into existence.

1. ATLAS

Atlas is a bipedal humanoid robot primarily developed by the American robotics company Boston Dynamics, with funding and oversight from the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The 1.8-meter (6 ft) robot is designed for a variety of search and rescue tasks, and was unveiled to the public on July 11, 2013.

On February 23, 2016, Boston Dynamics released video of a new version Atlas robot on YouTube. The new version of Atlas is designed to operate both outdoors and inside buildings. It is specialized for mobile manipulation and is very adept at walking over a wide range of terrain, including snow. It is electrically powered and hydraulically actuated. It uses sensors in its body and legs to balance, and it usesLIDAR and stereo sensors in its head to avoid obstacles, assess the terrain, help with navigation, and manipulate objects, even when the objects are being moved. This version of Atlas is about 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) tall (about a head shorter than the DRC Atlas) and weighs 180 lb (82 kg) lbs.

In the 2015 Darpa competition of robotics Atlas was able to complete all eight tasks as follows:

1.    Drive a utility vehicle at the site.

2.    Travel dismounted across rubble.

3.    Remove debris blocking an entryway.

4.    Open a door and enter a building.

5.    Climb an industrial ladder and traverse an industrial walkway.

6.    Use a tool to break through a concrete panel.

7.    Locate and close a valve near a leaking pipe.

8.    Connect a fire hose to a standpipe and turn on a valve.

Atlas is intended to aid emergency services in search and rescue operations, performing tasks such as shutting off valves, opening doors and operating powered equipment in environments where humans could not survive. The Department of Defense stated in 2013 that it had no interest in using the robot for offensive or defensive warfare.