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ASIMO, l'humanoïde de Honda, mesurait 120 cm pour atteindre poignées de porte et interrupteurs
Honda unveiled ASIMO on 20 November 2000 in Tokyo. The small humanoid robot was designed to walk like a human and be useful around the home.
Honda chose ASIMO's height of 120 cm with care. According to the manufacturer, it is the ideal height to press light switches, reach door handles and work at a table or workbench.
The robot was unveiled on 20 November 2000 at Honda's global headquarters in Tokyo. According to the company, this small, light humanoid walks with an ease close to that of a human, never achieved before.
ASIMO succeeds the P3 prototype. It stands 120 cm tall instead of 160 cm and weighs 43 kg instead of 130 kg, Honda says.
Its name comes from the English “Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility”. Hiroyuki Yoshino, then president of Honda, explained that the manufacturer wanted to make it a partner for humans, useful to society.
ASIMO is the result of work begun at Honda in 1986. Two prototypes came before it: the P2, which appeared in 1996, then the P3 in 1997.
Source
- Honda (pages produit officielles) · global.honda
