ASIMO is able to respond to its name and recognizes sounds associated with a falling object or collision. This allows the robot to face a person when spoken to or look towards a sound. ASIMO responds to questions by nodding or providing a verbal answer in different languages and can recognize approximately 10 different faces and address them by name. ASIMO has a walking speed of 2. Its movements are determined by floor reaction. ASIMO can adjust the length of its steps, body position, speed and the direction in which it is stepping.
Its arms, hands, legs, waist and neck also have varying degrees of movement. The technology that allows the robot to maintain its balance was later used by Honda when it began the research and development project for its motorized unicycle, U3-X, in ASIMO has a total of 34 degrees of freedom.
The neck, shoulder, wrist and hip joints each have three degrees of freedom, while each hand has four fingers and a thumb that have two degrees of freedom. Each ankle has two degrees of freedom, and the waist, knees and elbows each have one degree of freedom. There are sensors that assist in autonomous navigation.
The two cameras inside the head are used as a visual sensor to detect obstacles. The lower portion of the torso has ground sensor which comprises one laser sensor and one infrared sensor. The laser sensor is used to detect ground surface. The infrared sensor with automatic shutter adjustment based on brightness is used to detect pairs of floor markings to confirm the.
The pre-loaded map and the detection of floor markings help the robot to precisely identify its present location and continuously adjusting its position. There are front and rear ultrasonic sensors to sense the obstacles. The front sensor is located at the lower portion of thetorso together with the ground sensor.
The rear sensor is located at the bottom of the backpack. Since ASIMO was introduced in , the robot has travelled around the world and performed in front of international audiences. ASIMO made its first public appearance in the. From January to March , the robot toured the USA and Canada, demonstrating its abilities for more than , people. From to , ASIMO was part of the North American educational tour, which visited top science and technology museums and academic institutions throughout North America.
The goal of the tour was to encourage students to study science through a live show that highlighted ASIMO's abilities. Additionally, the robot visited top engineering and computer science colleges and universities across the USA as part of the ASIMO Technology Circuit Tour in an effort to encourage students to consider scientific careers.
In March , the robot walked the red carpet at the world. In a demonstration at Honda's Tokyo headquarters in , the company demonstrated new intelligence technologies that enabled multiple ASIMO robots to work together.
The demonstration showed the robot's ability to identify and avoid oncoming people, work with another ASIMO, recognize when to recharge its battery and perform new tasks, such as carrying a tray and pushing a cart. Later that year, the robot made an appearance in Italy at the Genoa Science Festival. ASIMO attended the Ars Electronica festival in Linz, Austria in September , which allowed Honda to study the results of human and robot interaction and use the results to guide development of future versions of the robot.
Louis, Missouri to encourage students to pursue studies in math, science and engineering. The robot later travelled to Ottawa for the unveiling of an exhibit at the Canadian Museum of Civilization 19 May through 22 May PDF Version View. Humanoid robots are used as a research tool in several scientific areas.
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There are three main types of exteroceptive sensors. With a greatly enhanced situation adaptive capacity both intelligently and physically, ASIMO moves one step closer to practical use in crowded public spaces and office environments. Honda has developed a new system that is a fundamental technology for advanced intelligence, which comprehensively evaluates inputs from multiple sensors that are equivalent to the visual, auditory, and tactile senses of a human being, then estimates the situation of the surrounding environment and determines the corresponding behavior of the robot.
ASIMO became capable of responding to the movement of people and the surrounding situations. For instance, ASIMO will stop its current action and change its behavior to accommodate the intention of the other party. Coordination between visual and auditory sensors enables ASIMO to simultaneously recognize a face and voice, enabling ASIMO to recognize the voices of multiple people who are speaking simultaneously, which is difficult even for a human being to accomplish.
ASIMO is capable of predicting the direction a person will walk within the next few seconds based on information from pre-set space sensors and quickly determining to take an alternate path to avoid a collision with the person if the estimated locations of the person and the ASIMO intersect.
The combination of strengthened legs, an expanded range of leg movement and a newly developed control technology that enables ASIMO to change landing positions in the middle of a motion.
ASIMO's height of cm was chosen because it was considered the optimum for operating household switches, reaching doorknobs within human living space, and performing tasks at tables and benches. ASIMO was also made much more compact and lightweight through the redesign of its skeletal frame, reducing the frame's wall thickness and specially designing the control unit.
Because ASIMO walks like a human, with instant response to sudden movements, its gait is natural and very stable. ASIMO's range of vertical arm movement has also been increased to degrees, compared to the P3's degree range.
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