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ASIMO 2000
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ASIMO 2000
Honda RoboticsASIMO (Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility) is a humanoid bipedal robot created by Honda Motor Co., Ltd., first unveiled in October/November 2000 and retired in March 2022. It was a technology demonstrator — never commercially sold, though briefly offered for rental — designed to advance Honda's understanding of bipedal locomotion, balance, and human-robot interaction. The 2000 model stood 120 cm tall and weighed 43 kg with a ~30-minute Ni-MH battery; later iterations (2004–2011) grew to 130 cm/54 kg with a 51.8V Li-ion battery providing ~1 hour of runtime. ASIMO demonstrated increasingly sophisticated autonomous capabilities over its lifetime — including ZMP-based dynamic balance, obstacle avoidance, face/voice recognition, and dexterous manipulation — but was primarily a scripted demonstration platform and PR vehicle rather than a deployable autonomous agent performing real-world tasks independently.
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Specification
- hardware — dimensions (2000 model)
- 120 cm tall, 43 kg; magnesium alloy skeleton, plastic resin exterior
- hardware — dimensions (final/2011 model)
- 130 cm (4 ft 3 in) tall, 54 kg (119 lb)
- hardware — degrees of freedom
- 26 DoF (2000 model); up to 34 DoF (later models)
- hardware — battery (2000 model)
- 38.4V 10 Ah Ni-MH, 7.7 kg, ~30 min runtime, 4 hr charge; hot-swappable; requires 100V AC/15A
- hardware — battery (later models)
- 51.8V lithium-ion; ~1 hour operating time (switched from Ni-MH in 2004)
- hardware — top speed
- ~6 km/h (3.7 mph); walking speed ~1.6 km/h
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Evidence-graded claims from the Honda Robotics deep report
The Miimo robotic lawn mower operates autonomously — mowing, navigating, and returning to dock without human task performance
The Robot Report [9] (independent trade press) and Honda's official press release [5] consistently confirm Miimo uses microcomputer, timer, and sensors to perform unattended mowing and autonomous docking within a boundary-wire area; the independent trade source corroborates the core autonomy claim, though boundary-wire setup dependency remains an operational constraint.
from Honda Robotics deep report →Miimo is a fully commercial product available for purchase at Honda dealerships nationwide (excluding California)
Honda's official press release [5] and The Robot Report [9] both confirm retail availability at Honda Power Equipment dealerships with confirmed MSRPs ($2,499–$2,799), constituting independent trade-press corroboration of commercial launch; California exclusion and dealership network scale remain unverified by a third-party audit.
from Honda Robotics deep report →
Honda's successor robotics programs (post-ASIMO) have produced deployable general-purpose humanoid robots
Honda's robotics page [12] references successor technologies leveraging ASIMO base technologies, but no independent source in the dossier confirms a deployable general-purpose humanoid robot has been produced, tested, or shipped by Honda post-2018.
from Honda Robotics deep report →Honda's Walking Assist Device is commercially available and deployed
Honda's official newsroom [2][14] states lease sales in Japan and U.S. research initiation, but no independent customer, clinical, or regulatory source in the dossier verifies actual deployment scale, outcomes, or commercial traction beyond vendor announcements.
from Honda Robotics deep report →Honda's investment in Helm.ai's $30M Series B materially advances Honda's autonomous robotics/driving capabilities
The Helm.ai press release [13] confirms Honda's participation in the $30M Series B and an ongoing autonomous driving partnership, but no independent technical assessment in the dossier verifies that this investment has produced measurable capability advances in Honda's robotics or autonomous systems.
from Honda Robotics deep report →
ASIMO achieved full autonomous operation in real-world living environments
Honda's own robotics page [12] explicitly admits full autonomous bipedal operation in real-world living environments has NOT been achieved and requires continued long-term R&D — directly contradicting any marketing implication of real-world autonomy; ASIMO's demonstrated capabilities were scripted/controlled, not unstructured autonomous deployment.
from Honda Robotics deep report →ASIMO was a commercially deployed, revenue-generating product
Multiple independent sources [6][7][8] confirm ASIMO was never commercially sold — a $2.5M pseudo-quote existed but no units were sold; it was described as unprofitable and too expensive, and Honda's own page frames it purely as a research/demonstration platform discontinued in 2018.
from Honda Robotics deep report →Honda's Autonomous Work Vehicle concept represents a deployed, operational autonomous system
The dossier only records a CES demonstration [2][14] with no independent evidence of real-world deployment, customer use, or autonomous task performance outside a controlled show environment — a single concept demo does not constitute deployed autonomous operation.
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