ASIMO is a humanoid created by Honda. Its stands 4 feet 3 inches and weights 54 kilograms. This bot is more like an astronaut wearing a backpack. It is capable of walking on both its feet just like a more human but at the speed of 6km/h. ASIMO was created at Honda's Research and Development Wako Fundamental Technical Research Center in Japan.



ASIMO stands for Advanced Step in Innovative MObility.

The ASIMo has a very advanced set of Recognition Technology:-
1. Recognition of moving objects
2. Recognition of Postures and Gestures
3. Environment recognition
4. Sound Sorted
5. Facial recognition



Now for the specifications. The model has made great progress with advancement of time. From the battery to the continuous operating time, everything has been improved. The battery before used to be a Nickel metal hydride and now has been upgraded to Lithium ion, which gets fully charged in about 3 hours than 4 hours. While the Nickel metal hydride battery was in use the bot could only function for about 30 minutes and with advancements it can function till about 40 min - 1 hr. Its wireless and can be operated from a workstation. A special 3D CPU has been created to power ASIMO. It runs the VxWorks operating system.