Robots and Positioning
The Waseda Humanoid Robot Project has developed different types of robots. For human-robot symbiosis, we consider the physical function of the robots, including safety control and human-robot contact identification based on tactile recognition. Equally important to consider is their mind acquisition, such as intelligence and emotion. The developed robots are categorized as human-assisting humanoid robots, biped humanoid robots, intelligent robots, and emotional communication robots.
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The team carefully studied the robot's symbiosis with the natural environment. Some robots are intended for autonomous movement and have self-support of energy so that they can survive in the natural environment and work closely with humans.
One of the main functions for most of these robots is the ability to define its position and to navigate. To provide a robot with the means to navigate is a huge undertaking — the team is working on only the first of many steps to solve this problem. This first step is to use various sensors — inertial sensors, satellite navigation system receivers, magnetic sensors and others — operating in coordinate domain. These sensors provide the robot with coordinates and coordinate-related parameters such as azimuth and orientation
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