Comments on: Honda Celebrates ASIMO’s 11th Birthday with “All-new ASIMO”

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[...] Honda hat die neue Version seines humanoiden Roboters ASIMO vorgestellt. Jedes Mal, wenn dies geschah, fühlte sich Honda immer ein bisschen mehr nach Cyberdyne an. Aber Angst muss man vor dem “All-new ASIMO” noch nicht haben: Er kann einen nur mit maximal 9 km/h verfolgen und das gefährlichste, das er tun kann, ist auf einem Bein hüpfen. Roboter bleiben also hauptsächlich hilfreich, es sei denn, man lässt Hugh Jackmann auf sie los. Mehr Bilder und Videos vom neuen ASIMO hier. [...]

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By: Guest1

Guest1 — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 02:24:00 +0000

>>I’m talking specifically about complete humanoid robots
>> And PETMAN isn’t even complete yet.

So are you, or are you not talking about complete humanoid robots ?

That is precisely my point : PETMAN remains unimpressive until it can do everything that ASIMO can AND then have better balance, better power efficiency or more strength.

Until then, it’s just a focused experiment on just one aspect of a full robot.

By: Billy Zelsnack

Billy Zelsnack — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:32:00 +0000

It’s not a fair comparison. ASIMO is carrying around a realistic power source. That’s a HUGE constraint.

By: Robotbling

Robotbling — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:45:00 +0000

I’m talking specifically about complete humanoid robots (ie. head, two arms, two legs). It’s not just about hydraulics, either, it’s about the way the robot maintains its balance while walking, running, jumping, etc.. PETMAN does this better than ASIMO and AIST’s humanoids because it uses a more difficult but ultimately more versatile approach to balance. And PETMAN isn’t even complete yet.

By the way, about human-like proportions… Like AIST’s HRP-4C, Boston Dynamics had to build PETMAN the average size of a male soldier. Also, ASIMO has never had toes.

By: Guest1

Guest1 — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 09:53:00 +0000

>>While Boston Dynamics’ PETMAN may have leapfrogged Honda’s work

In what way ? BD is as much as focused research project on a particular aspect of the robot as any other. There are literally dozens of very advanced focussed experiments around.
Like, Willow Garage has “leapfrogged” everyone and has two robots operating in the kitchen, cooking pancakes.
DLR has leapfrogged everyone making their Justin catch baseball throws.
AIST has “leapfrogged” everyone and made a humanoid “to young japanese female proportions” as they keep repeating in their research papers, and actually walks like one too.
All the labs around building passive-dynamic walkers have also leapfrogged everyone building “robots” walking downhill with no extra energy input .. awesome.

BD is focussing on hydraulic actuators .. great.. except it’s “robots” sensory capabilities appear very limited, and autonomy capabilities are .. modest.

The new ASIMO seems to lack toes by the way..