The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan ran an R&D project on humanoid robotics, called HRP. In the project, a humanoid robotics platform was developed in the first phase, and contributors of the project followed up with research on the applications of humanoid robots to various industries. In this paper, we describe the five applications that we think are suitable for humanoid robots and expect to open a new industry.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.