ASIMO
is the first and real two-legged robot in the world developed by HONDA. It can
freely walk, ascend and descend the steps, turn, and also dance. A more
friendly design was adopted. The name of “ASIMO” is abbreviation of “Advanced
Step in Innovative Mobility”. It was said that the cartoon character “Astro boy”
(Also called “Mighty atom” in English, and called as “Tetsuwan Atom” in
Japanese language) by Mr. Osamu Tezuka was
one of the motive in the development.
The
robot development by Honda was secretly done from the year 1986 based on the
consideration that there is lot of scope for pioneering in the mobility, which
is different from the traditional vehicles like car and bike etc. Following the
development of E series (experiment type with only the lower half of the body)
and P series (Human model prototype), the formal announcement of the model called
P2 (prototype 2) was made in 1996.
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| E0 model, 1986 |
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| E1 model, 1987 |
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| E2 model, 1989 |
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| E3 model, 1991 |
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| E4 model, 1991 |
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| E5 model, 1992 |
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| E6 model, 1993 |
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| P1 model, 1993 |
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| P2 model, 1996 |
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| P3 model, 1997 |
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| P4 model, 2000 |
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| ASIMO, 2000 |
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| ASIMO, 2005 |
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| ASIMO, 2011 |
The
research and development at the Waseda University announced the two-legged
robot as the state-of-the-art. At the time of the announcement, the robot
researchers in the world were greatly astonished because it was a Human type
autonomous two-legged robot that surpassed the standards of the university
laboratory. Then, the P3 model was announcement that brought the shape close to
the humans, and then the present ASIMO was announced in the year 2000. Thereafter
the cost reduction and weight reduction are under progress.
Specification
New
model ASMIO (From official site)
- Total
length: 130 cm
- Total width:
45 cm
- Depth:
37 cm
- Weight:
54 kg
- Walking speed
During normal walk: 0~2.7 km/h
When holding and transport: 1.6 km/h (Transport
weight 1kg)
Straight running: 6.0 km/h
Circular running: 5.0 km/h (2.5m turn radius)
- Holding
power: 0.3kg (one hand) and 1.0kg (both hands)
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