Honda ASIMO

ASIMO could serve drinks, offer handshakes, and respond to pointing or waving gestures. It has articulated hands and finger-force sensors, but no independent dexterity benchmark or success rates are published.

ASIMO performed autonomous navigation using pre-loaded maps and floor markings, and could respond to voice commands and gestures. Hybrid Electronics describes walking autonomy and automatic recharging. However, no long-horizon autonomous task execution in unstructured environments was demonstrated.

ASIMO demonstrated walking, running up to 9 km/h, stair climbing, hopping, walking backwards, changing direction mid-stride, and recovering from unexpected pushes. These are among the strongest historical bipedal mobility demos.

ASIMO recognized moving objects, postures, gestures, surrounding environment, sounds, and faces using visual information from two camera eyes plus laser, infrared, and ultrasonic sensors. It could follow people and identify floor markings for autonomous navigation.

ASIMO could recognize approximately 10 faces and address them by name, respond to voice commands, answer questions in different languages, and recognize gestures such as a handshake or pointing. It faced a person when approached or spoken to.

Wikipedia lists continuous operating time of 1 hour for running/walking on a 51.8V lithium-ion battery, with 3 hours to fully charge. Anton Robots lists 40 minutes walking with auto recharge. No long-duration reliability data, MTBF, or maintenance logs are available.

ASIMO's 130 cm height was chosen by Honda to operate door knobs and light switches, suited to human-scale environments. It was used indoors in controlled spaces such as museums and events.