Tools & manufacturing · 2000

ASIMO

A humanoid that walks, climbs stairs and turns smoothly.

Honda unveiled ASIMO in 2000 after research dating back to 1986. It showed that dynamic bipedal walking could be engineered reliably.

Arcs above join it to what it stood on, arcs below to what it led to. The bar places this stretch on the tree's whole timeline.

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