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The development of Honda humanoid robot

Published 27 November 2002
Kazuo Hirai, Masato Hirose, Y. Haikawa, Toru Takenaka
Citations1,925

TL;DR

Due to its unique posture stability control, the Honda humanoid robot is able to maintain its balance despite unexpected complications such as uneven ground surfaces and to perform simple operations via wireless teleoperation.

Abstract

In this paper, we present the mechanism, system configuration, basic control algorithm and integrated functions of the Honda humanoid robot. Like its human counterpart, this robot has the ability to move forward and backward, sideways to the right or the left, as well as diagonally. In addition, the robot can turn in any direction, walk up and down stairs continuously. Furthermore, due to its unique posture stability control, the robot is able to maintain its balance despite unexpected complications such as uneven ground surfaces. As a part of its integrated functions, this robot is able to move on a planned path autonomously and to perform simple operations via wireless teleoperation.

Keywords

Engineering