Honda P3
P3 reduced P2's size and weight to 160 cm and 130 kg and became the basis of the Japanese government's HRP-1 platform.
We have not sat down with this one. The score below is computed from the data we hold, and the facts on this page are sourced. It is not on sale, so there is nothing to recommend.
How the score is built
Capability is what the machine physically does. Value compares it with others at a similar price, not with the whole market. Buyability asks whether you can really order one. Ecosystem is the software and community around it. Proof is what it has done in the field, which is where most humanoids score badly and should.
- Status
- Retired
- Category
- historic
- First revealed
- September 1997
- Form
- bipedal
- Height
- 160 cm
- Weight
- 130 kg
- Payload
- n/a
- Degrees of freedom
- 28
- Battery
- n/a
- Runtime
- n/a
- Walking speed
- n/a
- Actuation
- electric
- Units deployed (est.)
- not disclosed
- Teleoperation
- partial
Where it stands
Smaller successor to P2 shown in September 1997; direct predecessor of ASIMO.
What stands out
- Basis of HRP-1
Autonomy, observed
Walking and stair demos; used as HRP-1 base in Japan's national Humanoid Robotics Project.
Hands, sensors, brain
- Hands: simple hands
Price and volume
Research robot.
Milestones.
Honda unveils P3
P3 is smaller and lighter than P2 at 160 cm and 130 kg and is the direct predecessor of ASIMO. It is the first fully independent bipedal humanoid from Honda.
Other robots by Honda.
ASIMO
ASIMO, unveiled by Honda on 31 October 2000, was the best known humanoid of its era, evolving through several versions until the 2011 model that ran at 9 km/h. Honda ended development in 2018 and retired the robot from public shows in 2022.
Honda E series (E0 to E6)
Honda's E series were seven legged research machines developed in secret between 1986 and 1993, progressing from static to dynamic walking and stair climbing. They were revealed publicly only when P2 was announced in 1996.
Honda P2
P2 was the first humanoid to carry its own power and computing while walking, an achievement that surprised the robotics community when Honda revealed it in December 1996.
Sources
- 01
Spotted a wrong price or a broken fact? Send a correction. Fixed within 24 hours when sourced.