Editorial
Abstract
Welcome to our 1st Special Issue on Humanoid Robots . In this issue you will find some important Articles on this exciting field. We believe that this field overlaps significantly with the intended scope of our Applied Bionics and Biomechanics. First, in the article State Classification for Humanoid Robots, by Jialun Yang, Feng Gao, Lifeng Shi, and Zhenlin Jin, the motion planning problem of humanoid robots it is decoupled into: topological state planning, and detailed motion planning. Several basic states are proposed; each basic state is classified further from the topological point of view, and Generalized Function (GF) set theory is applied for kinematic analysis. Next, Reproducing Human Arm Motion Using a Kinematically Coupled Humanoid Shoulder-Elbow Complex , by Michael M. Stanisic, and Craig M. Goehler, presents a study for a kinematic description of the shoulder-elbow complex. The authors present a mechanism capable of reproducing voluntary human reaching motions along with the procedural method of implementing the coupled motions that exist within the human shoulder complex and shoulder-elbow complex. Afterwards, A Low-Cost Anthropometric Walking Robot for Reproducion Gait Lab Data, by Rogerio S. Santanta, Agenor T. Fleury, and Luciano Luporini Menegaldo, deals with the modeling and control aspects