Head and neck assembly for a humanoid robot

A humanoid robot comprising:

• an upper region including:
• (i) a torso, (ii) a pair of arm assemblies coupled to the torso, and (iii) a head and neck assembly coupled to the torso and having a neck portion and a head portion coupled to the neck portion, and wherein the head portion includes:
• a housing assembly with a rear shell and a frontal shell coupled to the rear shell to define at least one head volume between the frontal shell and the rear shell, and wherein the frontal shell has a lower frontal shell width that extends between opposed shell edges,
• an electronics assembly positioned within the head volume and including:
• (i) a display with a width that:
• (a) extends between opposed display edges, (b) is positioned above the lower frontal shell width, and (c) is greater than the frontal shell width, and (ii) at least one sensor, and
• wherein said display is configured to show one or more visual representations that do not include human-like facial features to denote an operating status of the humanoid robot, and wherein the one or more visual representations are visible through the frontal shell;
• and
• a lower region coupled to the upper region and including a pair of leg assemblies.

A humanoid robot comprising:

• an upper region including:
• (i) a torso, (ii) a pair of arm assemblies coupled to the torso, and (iii) a head and neck assembly coupled to the torso and having a neck portion and a head portion coupled to the neck portion, and wherein the head portion includes:
• a housing assembly having a frontal shell and defining a head volume, and
• an electronics assembly including a curved display located in the head volume, and wherein a gap is formed between the curved display and the frontal shell and said curved display is configured to show one or more visual representations that do not include human-like facial features to denote an operating status of the humanoid robot;
• and
• a lower region coupled to the upper region and included a pair of leg assemblies;
• and
• further comprising an illumination assembly configured to emit light in a location that is adjacent to an extent of the periphery of the frontal shell;
• wherein an extent of the illumination assembly is positioned in a temporal region of the housing assembly.