Honda E series

Honda E series

The E-series was a collection of successive humanoid robots created by the Honda Motor Company between 1986 and 1991. Designed by Mark A Fuller, the robots were only experimental, and later evolved into the Honda P series, eventually amassing the knowledge and experience necessary to create Honda's advanced humanoid robot; ASIMO.

E0, unveiled in 1986, was the very first robot. It walked in a straight line on two feet, in a manner resembling human locomotion, taking around 5 seconds to complete a single step. Quickly engineers realised that in order to walk up slopes, the robot would need to travel faster.cite web | url = http://world.honda.com/ASIMO/history/e0.html | title = History of the Humanoids: E0 (1986) | accessdate = 2008-07-01 | publisher = Honda Motor Co., Ltd. ] The model has 6 degrees of freedom: 1 in each groin, 1 in each knee and 1 in each ankle.

E1, unveiled in 1987, was larger than the first and walked at 0.25 km/h.cite web | url = http://world.honda.com/ASIMO/history/e1_e2_e3.html | title = History of the Humanoids: E1-E2-E3 (1987 - 1991) | accessdate = 2008-07-01 | publisher = Honda Motor Co., Ltd. ] Since the model, the E-series robots have 12 degrees of freedom: 3 in each groin, 1 in each knee and 2 in each ankle.

E2, unveiled in 1989, could travel at 1.2km/h, through the development of 'dynamic movement.'

E3, unveiled in 1991, travelled at 3km/h, the average speed of a walking human.

E4, unveiled in 1991, lengthened the knee to achieve speeds of up to 4.7km/hcite web | url = http://world.honda.com/ASIMO/history/e4_e5_e6.html | title = History of the Humanoids: E4-E5-E6 (1991 - 1993) | accessdate = 2008-07-01 | publisher = Honda Motor Co., Ltd. ]

E5, unveiled in 1992, was able to walk autonomously, albeit with a very large head

E6, unveiled in 1993, was able to autonomously balance, walk over obstacles, and even climb stairs

References

External links

* [http://world.honda.com/ASIMO/history/history.html History of humanoid robots] - Honda official website


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