This two-legged, or bipedal, model stands 20 inches tall, weighs 11 pounds and walks at a speed of 15 meters per minute. One of them recognized a ball of a certain color and kicked it into a net. Eventually there will be no need to divide entertainment and task robots. Software modules animate functions such as movement, speech recognition and image recognition, and the architecture defines interfaces for each software block. Sony's proprietary Aperios real-time operating system powers the setup.
Actuators come in three sizes, to move the body, legs and arms respectively.
Likewise dazzling the Robodex audience were Honda's P3 and Asimo robots. Yoshino pointed out that many technologies, such as sensors and actuators, are common to both robots and cars. Hence the carmaker's involvement, which dates back about 20 years, to a time when bipedal walking was considered impossible. We are confident that we are one of the companies most seriously working on humanoid robot development. Honda first explored a biped walking mechanism in 1986, with its E0 robot.