Developed by Honda since 1986 and revealed to the public in 2000, Asimo (Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility) marked a technological breakthrough in humanoid robotics. With its bipedal morphology and 130 cm height, Asimo replicates human movements with impressive fluidity for its time. Its locomotion is based on an adaptive control algorithm of the center of mass and contact points on the ground, allowing dynamic adjustments to imbalances. It can walk, run (at about 9 km/h), climb stairs, avoid obstacles, and recognize faces and voices thanks to embedded processing coupled with visual and auditory sensors.
Beyond its spectacular performance, Asimo symbolizes the ambition to integrate robotics into human society. Its development has allowed exploring human-machine cooperation, multimodal perception, and real-time control in an unstructured environment. Physically, Asimo embodies a cybernetic system with multiple degrees of freedom, where each joint (34 motors in total) is coordinated via a network of microprocessors in a closed loop. Honda has used Asimo to study inverse kinematics, biomechanical models of locomotion, and intelligent interactions, laying the foundation for assistant robots, companions, or interveners in dangerous areas.
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