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    Humanoid robot comes to life

    Meet Roboy, “one of the most advanced humanoid robots,” say researchers at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of the University of Zurich. Over 40 engineers and scientists are constructing Roboy as a tendon-driven robot modeled on human beings (robots usually have their motors in their joints, giving them that “robot” break-dance look), so it will move almost as elegantly as a human. Roboy will be a “service robot,” meaning it will execute services independently for the convenience of human beings, as in the movie Robot & Frank.

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    1. Dominik Brumm of the Artificial Lab of the University of Zuerich checks humanoid robot ROBOY during a media presentation in Zurich
    2. Brumm and Weydert of the the Artificial Lab of the University of Zurich sit behind the humanoid robot ROBOY during a media presentation in Zurich
    3. Brumm and Weydert of the the Artificial Lab of the University of Zurich sit behind the humanoid robot ROBOY during a media presentation in Zurich
    4. Director Rolf Pfeifer of the Artificial Lab of the University of Zurich shakes hands with the humanoid robot ROBOY during a media presentation in Zurich
    5. Director Rolf Pfeifer of the Artificial Lab of the University of Zurich looks at the humanoid robot ROBOY during a media presentation in Zurich
    6. Photographers take pictures of the humanoid robot ROBOY during a media presentation at the Artificial Lab of the University of Zurich in Zurich
    7. Dominik Brumm of the Artificial Lab of the University of Zuerich looks at the humanoid robot ROBOY during a media presentation in Zurich
    8. Serge Weydert of the Artificial Lab of the University of Zurich looks at a humanoid robot ROBOY during a media presentation in Zurich

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