ASIMO Robot, FOTO / ISTTOKYO - In 2000, Honda started an ambitious project to develop a humanoid robot designed to aid in everyday human activities. Now, the robot named ASIMO is turning 20 years old and contributing to the various advanced technologies that have been applied to Honda's mass products.
As the Humanoid robot focuses its development on how to walk on two legs (bi-pedal), recognition of the environment and interaction with its environment, the technology developed for ASIMO (short for Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility) also contributes to various intelligent technologies such as the car control system Vehicle Stability Assist, a balance system on motorbikes, to sensors for autonomous vehicles.
ASIMO was born in 2000, but the ASIMO design process has taken a long time since 1986. At that time, Honda designed a human foot-like structure for its first robot, named E0, and succeeded in creating balanced and regular footsteps. However, at that time it took 5 seconds to alternately step from one leg to the other, and the E0 robot could only walk straight ahead.
Until 1993, Honda continued to make improvements to the leg structure in the next several generations of robots, ranging from types E1 to E6. As a result, the robot's footsteps become faster and its movements look more natural like humans. Entering 1994, Honda began designing a complete robot from feet to hands and head, which were named P1 to P3.
This 14-year journey brought the birth of ASIMO for the first time to the world in 2000. With a height of 120 cm and a width of 45 cm, this tiny robot can now step in various directions with the help of a separate controller. Exactly a year later, the ASIMO robot was designed to be more sophisticated. ASIMO has been able to climb and descend stairs.
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Wahyu Budi Santoso
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