P3 and ASIMO - The Honda Humanoid Robots

ASIMO is a humanoid robot developed by Honda. Asimo is an acronym for “Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility” pronounced “ashimo” (legs too “) in Japanese. His name accidentally recalls that of writer Isaac Asimov, author of numerous books on science-fiction on the theme of robotics and creator of the three laws of robotics. The design of the robot is facing a utilitarian purpose, unlike Sony robots whose goal is to create robots company (Aibo, Qrio). Asimo is a robot research, it is not marketed. Nevertheless, it has already been paid for some public events. It was also praised by large companies like IBM, in order to complete the task of hosting home. Read more »

The approach anthropomorphic robots experiencing a renewed interest in robotics intervention and service as bipeds robots can travel without special adaptation to a human environment. The robot Bip 2000, which will be presented at the Universal Exhibition in Hanover from May to September 2000, must be able to walk so anthropomorphic in the absence of barriers on a horizontal or slanted and ascend or descend stairs. Why a biped robot? The walking robots have compared to their counterparts wheeled several advantages: crossing barriers very easy way to lower ground, better adaptability. If robots multimode can cover large areas of non-manufacturing robotic exploration, maintenance, intervention, they are not suitable to the accompaniment of man in his personal or professional activities. That is why the world community of walking robots now devotes much of its research to so-called humanoid systems. The walking robot android P3 Honda is a realization of exceptional quality, but the laws of command are relatively simple. Read more »

The humanoid robot HRP-2 arrived in France in Toulouse, where he will be formally presented on June 30 next. This technology platform is the heart of the research laboratory Franco-Japanese, the Joint Robotics Laboratory (CNRS, AIST), located on the site of the Laboratory for analysis and systems architecture (LAAS / CNRS, Toulouse). It offers a tremendous potential for research in robotics.
A humanoid robot is a mechanical system equipped with anthropomorphic arm for the manipulation of objects, legs for locomotion on various forms of surfaces, and a head equipped with cameras to the perception of the environment. It is characterized by its physical complexity inspired by the human body.
Born in Japan in 2003, HRP-2 weighs 58 kg and measuring 1.54 m. It owes its name to the project “Humanoid Robotics Project, a major research program in robotics led to the initiative of the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). Read more »

The Japanese humanoid robots have regularly beautiful ‘buzz’ on the Internet each time a new energumen is shown to the press, they are not far from it, the species most prevalent. Their fellow who bossent without uncoupling in factories are thousands of times more numerous and equally impressive. Let them justice. Of a total of approximately one million robots in operation in the world, 40% are in Japan, 30% in Western Europe, and 15% in the USA. If we look at the figures, one finds that Germany alone totaled nearly 45% of the number of robots used in plants in Europe and France 10%, 3% of the working population robotics world. All these figures reflect another reality: that the settlements factories in a given territory. While Japan actually pushing dozens each year (not least) for electronic products and automobiles, among others, France sees its own leave, unless the Japanese Toray, Toyota and others do not build. Read more »