ASIMO (Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility) is a humanoid robot created by Honda in 2000. It is displayed in the Miraikan museum in Tokyo, Japan.

Through the development of ASIMO, Honda has gained the prospect of realizing the physical capabilities needed for robots to operate in a living environment with people, with the capability to replicate some human functions through engineering.

2022年3月31日 · Honda chose the name ASIMO both as an homage to science fiction writer Issac Asimov and also as a pun for ashi (leg in Japanese) and mo (short for mobility). Officially, the name was an abbreviation for Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility.

Through the development of ASIMO, a humanoid robot developed with the aim of helping people, Honda has gained the prospect of realizing the physical capabilities needed for robots to operate in a living environment with people and, in fact, replicated some …

Asimo stands for Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility, but the acronym was derived from the Japanese word "asi," which loosely translates to "foot" or "leg." Asimo's body is made of magnesium alloy and plastic resins.

2022年3月31日 · Honda Motor Co.'s Asimo humanoid robot retired on Thursday, ending its 20-year career of wowing the public with walking and dancing demonstrations at a showroom at the automaker's Tokyo headquarters.

2021年2月26日 · ASIMO (Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility) is the latest humanoid robot created by Honda in 2000 after the E and P series. ASIMO is currently displayed in the Miraikan museum in Tokyo, Japan.

2022年3月28日 · Asimo quickly became a symbol of Japan’s pioneering robot technology as it made special guest appearances around the world.

2022年4月12日 · Take Asimo for example: the humanoid from Honda was one of Japan’s earliest robots and is today widely recognised around the world. It has performed for audiences at the Honda headquarters and...

2024年12月14日 · Honda’s ASIMO, or Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility, endured for 20+ years after ushering in the modern humanoid robotics era, and then dipped just as the market was heating up. As a new breed of AI robots inch toward mass production, let’s look back at ASIMO’s origins, what it inspired, its legacy, and how it compares to today’s humanoids.