Coco 国家: 美国 制造者: 麻省理工学院 年份: 2000 重量: 20lbs (9.1kg) 自由度: 15

        Coco于2000年问世，是一个形状像大猩猩的研究型机器人。它是麻省理工学院类人机器人技术小组的最新机器人平台。与类人机器人技术小组的其它机器人不同的是，Coco能够在自己的周围走动。尽管Coco身材不高，它的灵活性却赋予它自我控制的潜力，这是其它机器人平台所不具备的。Coco小组将会调查一个可以充分移动的实体对于行为举止、社会的相互作用和智力所产生的影响。这个至关重要的特性使Coco有可能表现出一些行为，而这些行为有助于进一步了解大猩猩的进化原因。例如，走近的动作可以使机器人实际上离周围的某个物体靠得更近一些。同样，避开的动作可以拉开Coco和一个物体之间的距离。此外，Coco将能够自然地调查周围坏竟、并有可能发现世界上的一些重要方面，而无需总是依赖人类的关照。

Coco, a gorilla like research robot debuted in 2000, is the newest robot platform at MIT’s humanoid robotics group. Unlike the other robots in the humanoid robotics group, Coco is able to walk around his area. Despite Coco's small stature, his mobility gives him the potential to have a level of autonomy unavailable to the other platforms. The Coco group will be able to investigate the impact of a fully mobile body on behaviors, social interactions and intelligence. This crucial distinction gives the possibility for Coco to exhibit behaviors that are closer to their evolutionary origins. For example, approach behaviors can lead the robot to actually move closer to something in its environment. Likewise, avoidance behaviors can put physical distance between Coco and an object. Furthermore, Coco will have the ability to naturally investigate its environment, potentially discovering important aspects of the world without always being dependent on a human caregiver.