Honda R&D Americas · working robot
Autonomous Work Vehicle
first shown as 3E-D18
A four-wheel-drive autonomous utility vehicle built on Honda's ATV chassis with airless tyres, GPS and sensors, an accessory rail and on-board power outlets, programmable in Follow Me, Pattern and A-to-B modes. Honda lists 454 kg load and 590 kg towing capacity.
- Price
- —not sold; field-test prototype
- Height
- 90 cmTaller than 47%
- Weight
- 350 kgHeavier than 80%
- Payload
- 454 kgCarries more than 62%
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
A prototype machine from Honda R&D Americas.
Real-world use
Beta-tested in 2018 with a solar company in North Carolina, a wildland firefighting unit in Colorado and an agricultural college in California (Honda, CES 2019).
Timeline
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
Honda R&D AmericasCompanyHow it stacks up
Against other working & field robots that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Autonomous Work Vehicle (first shown as 3E-D18) is taller than 47% of the 72 other working & field robots that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Autonomous Work Vehicle (first shown as 3E-D18) is heavier than 80% of the 75 other working & field robots that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Autonomous Work Vehicle (first shown as 3E-D18) carries more than 62% of the 84 other working & field robots that publish a payload. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: speed, joints, battery, price.
Public attention
How much public attention Autonomous Work Vehicle (first shown as 3E-D18) gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
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What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
From the maker
Autonomous Work Vehicle (first shown as 3E-D18) is the only machine from Honda R&D Americas in the atlas.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not publishednot sold; field-test prototype
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. Few robots match closely, so these are the nearest matches. How we choose
| Measure | Autonomous Work Vehicle (first shown as 3E-D18)Honda R&D Americas |  Autonomous low-floor AGV logistics systemObayashi Corporation (with SRI International)Same job: carrying materials · Both on wheels · Both in development |
|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2018-01 | 2021-10-25 |
| Status | Prototype | Prototype |
| Height | 90 cm | — |
| Weight | 350 kg | — |
| Joints | — | — |
| Speed | — | — |
| Payload | 454 kg | — |
| Battery | — | — |
| Price | — | — |
Sources
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