PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Asano, Yuki AU - Okada, Kei AU - Inaba, Masayuki TI - Design principles of a human mimetic humanoid: Humanoid platform to study human intelligence and internal body system AID - 10.1126/scirobotics.aaq0899 DP - 2017 Dec 20 TA - Science Robotics PG - eaaq0899 VI - 2 IP - 13 4099 - http://robotics.sciencemag.org/content/2/13/eaaq0899.short 4100 - http://robotics.sciencemag.org/content/2/13/eaaq0899.full SO - Sci. Robotics2017 Dec 20; 2 AB - Many systems and mechanisms in the human body are not fully understood, such as the principles of muscle control, the sensory nervous system that connects the brain and the body, learning in the brain, and the human walking motion. To address this knowledge deficit, we propose a human mimetic humanoid with an unprecedented degree of anatomical fidelity to the human musculoskeletal structure. The fundamental concept underlying our design is to consider the human mechanism, which contrasts with the conventional engineering approach used in the design of existing humanoids. We believe that the proposed human mimetic humanoid can be used to provide new opportunities in science, for instance, to quantitatively analyze the internal data of a human body in movement. We describe the principles and development of human mimetic humanoids, Kenshiro and Kengoro, and compare their anatomical fidelity with humans in terms of body proportions, skeletal structures, muscle arrangement, and joint performance. To demonstrate the potential of human mimetic humanoids, Kenshiro and Kengoro performed several typical human motions.