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Honda ASIMO

Recorded year2000

Honda's ASIMO walks smoothly, climbs stairs and later runs, making humanoid robots famous around the world after 14 years of work.

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Built on

Harmonic drive gearRecorded · 1957enables
First full-size humanoidRecorded · 1973enables
MEMS sensorsRecorded · 1993enables

Led to

DARPA Robotics ChallengeRecorded · 2015enables
Factory humanoid pilotsRecorded · 2024enables
Humanoid for under $20,000Recorded · 2024enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.