Asimo (Honda Motor Co.)
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Robot Name | ASIMO |
| Company | Honda Motor Co. | Japan |
| Height | 130 cm (4 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) |
| Walking Speed | 2.7 km/h (running 9 km/h) |
| Battery Life | ? 40 min per charge |
| Key Capabilities | Autonomous navigation, speech & gesture recognition, multi-fingered hands |
| Primary Applications | Research, public demonstrations, human-robot interaction studies |
| Availability | Retired research platform |
| Notable Features | 57 DOF, backward running & hopping abilities |
Note: Details may not be current or accurate.
About Asimo
Honda's ASIMO represents one of the most significant achievements in humanoid robotics history, serving as the pioneering robot that introduced the world to truly autonomous bipedal locomotion. Standing at 130 centimeters tall and weighing 48 kilograms, ASIMO was engineered with breakthrough technologies including advanced Zero Moment Point (ZMP) control for dynamic balance, allowing it to walk, run at speeds up to 9 km/h, climb stairs, and recover from unexpected pushes or obstacles. The robot's revolutionary capabilities included real-time environmental recognition, facial and voice identification of up to 10 people simultaneously, natural human interaction through voice commands in multiple languages, sign language performance, and complex manual tasks through its 13-degree-of-freedom hands. Despite being discontinued in 2018 after more than three decades of development, ASIMO's technological foundations continue to influence modern robotics and have been repurposed into Honda's current mobility assistance devices, autonomous vehicle systems, and the new ASIMO OS for electric vehicles, with its core technologies living on in Honda's ongoing robotics research focused on avatar robots, disaster response systems, and assistive mobility devices that may eventually bring ASIMO-like capabilities to commercial markets.