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=== Demonstrative === [[File:Ameca Generation 1.jpg|thumb|[[Ameca (robot)|Ameca]] generation 1 pictured in the lab at [[Engineered Arts|Engineered Arts Ltd]].]] Though many real-world applications for humanoid robots are unexplored, their primary use is to demonstrate up-and-coming technologies.<ref name=":6">{{cite journal |last1=Behnke |first1=Sven |title=Humanoid Robots β From Fiction to Reality? |journal=KI-Zeitschrift |volume=4 |issue=8 |pages=5β9 |date=December 2008 }}</ref> Modern examples of humanoid robots, such as the Honda Asimo, are revealed to the public in order to demonstrate new technological advancements in motor skills, such as walking, climbing, and playing an instrument.<ref name=":6" /> Other humanoid robots have been developed for household purposes, however excel only in single purpose skills and are far from autonomous.<ref name=":6" /> Humanoid robots, especially those with [[artificial intelligence]] [[algorithm]]s, could be useful for future dangerous and/or distant [[space exploration]] [[Spaceflight|missions]], without having the need to turn back around again and return to [[Earth]] once the mission is completed.
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