An Overview of Energy Systems in Humanoid Robots

Shaunak Joshi; S.E. Talole

Abstract

The area of humanoid robots is an emerging topic in the world of robotic research owing to their usefulness in replacing humans in various tasks. The research and development of humanoid robots started almost 50 years ago and since then, there has been a huge progress in the related technologies. As the humanoid systems become capable of performing more and more complex tasks, the power requirement of humanoid robots increases. This leads to an ever increasing demand for more power and endurance in humanoids. Currently, the endurance is limited due to various constraints that have to be taken care of while choosing the energy supplying source for the system. Thus, the energy system poses a formidable challenge in the design of humanoid robotic systems. The objective of this paper is to compare and evaluate various power sources available and present future scope and potential of various energy systems with respect to humanoids.