Editing Anthrobotics

'''Anthrobotics''' is the science of developing and studying [[robot]]s that are either entirely or in some way human-like.

The term ''anthrobotics'' was originally coined by Mark Rosheim in a paper entitled "Design of An Omnidirectional Arm" presented at the [[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers|IEEE]] International Conference on Robotics and Automation, May 13–18, 1990, pp.&nbsp;2162–2167. Rosheim says he derived the term from "...[[Anthropomorphic]] and [[Robotics]] to distinguish the new generation of dexterous robots from its simple industrial robot forebears." The word gained wider recognition as a result of its use in the title of Rosheim's subsequent book ''Robot Evolution: The Development of Anthrobotics'', which focussed on facsimiles of human physical and psychological skills and attributes.

However, a wider definition of the term ''anthrobotics'' has been proposed, in which the meaning is derived from ''[[anthropology]]'' rather than ''anthropomorphic''. This usage includes robots that respond to input in a human-like fashion, rather than simply mimicking human actions, thus theoretically being able to respond more flexibly or to adapt to unforeseen circumstances. This expanded definition also encompasses robots that are situated in social environments with the ability to respond to those environments appropriately, such as [[insect]] robots, robotic [[pet]]s, and the like.

Anthrobotics is now taught at some [[university|universities]], encouraging students not only to design and build robots for environments beyond current industrial applications, but also to speculate on the future of robotics that are embedded in the world at large, as [[mobile phone]]s and [[computer]]s are today. In 2016 philosopher [[Luis de Miranda]] created the Anthrobotics Cluster at the [[University of Edinburgh]] "a platform of cross-disciplinary research that seeks to investigate some of the biggest questions that will need to be answered"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://futurism.com/anthrobotics-where-the-human-ends-and-the-robot-begins/ |title=Anthrobotics: Where The Human Ends and the Robot Begins |publisher=Futurism |date= |accessdate=2016-09-05}}</ref> on the relationship between humans, robots and intelligent systems and "a think tank on the social spread of robotics, and also how automation is part of the definition of what humans have always been".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://robohub.org/unity-between-human-and-social-machines-what-if-we-humans-were-anthrobots/ |title=Unity Between Human & Social Machines: What If We Humans Were Anthrobots? |publisher=Robohub |date= |accessdate=2016-07-11}}</ref> to explore the symbiotic relationship between humans and automated protocols.

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==External links==
*[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org:80/xpl/abs_free.jsp?isNumber=3534&prod=CNF&arnumber=126324&arSt=2162&ared=2167+vol.3&arAuthor=Rosheim%2C+M.E.&arNumber=126324&a_id0=126311&a_id1=126312&a_id2=126313&a_id3=126314&a_id4=126315&a_id5=126316&a_id6=126317&a_id7=126318&a_id8=126319&a_id9=126320&a_id10=126321&a_id11=126322&a_id12=126323&a_id13=126324&a_id14=126325&count=15 Design of An Omnidirectional Arm paper]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
*[http://www.anthrobot.com/ Mark Rosheim's company site]
*[http://www.blogs.hss.ed.ac.uk/crag/2016/02/17/the-anthrobotics-network/ The Anthrobotics Cluster at the University of Edinburgh]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160808124102/https://anthrobotics.co.uk/ Luis de Miranda's Anthrobotics' blog]

[[Category:Robotics]]
[[Category:Anthropology]]