HBS-1: A Modular Child-Size 3D Printed Humanoid

Lianjun Wu; Miles Larkin; Akshay Potnuru; Yonas Tadesse

doi:10.3390/robotics5010001

HBS-1: A Modular Child-Size 3D Printed Humanoid

Lianjun Wu, Miles Larkin, Akshay Potnuru, Yonas Tadesse

Manufacturing Engineering

University of Texas at Dallas

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An affordable, highly articulated, child-size humanoid robot could potentially be used for various purposes, widening the design space of humanoids for further study. Several findings indicated that normal children and children with autism interact well with humanoids. This paper presents a child-sized humanoid robot (HBS-1) intended primarily for children’s education and rehabilitation. The design approach is based on the design for manufacturing (DFM) and the design for assembly (DFA) philosophies to realize the robot fully using additive manufacturing. Most parts of the robot are fabricated with acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) using rapid prototyping technology. Servomotors and shape memory alloy actuators are used as actuating mechanisms. The mechanical design, analysis and characterization of the robot are presented in both theoretical and experimental frameworks.

Original language	American English
Journal	Robotics
Volume	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/robotics5010001
State	Published - 2016

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Engineering

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3D printed humanoid
Child-size
HBS-1
Modular

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