Honda Motor Co., Ltd. · research humanoid
E2-DR
A 1.68 m, 85 kg weather-resistant humanoid with a 1,000 Wh battery for about 90 minutes of work, designed to inspect plants and respond to disasters by climbing stairs and ladders and squeezing through gaps.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- 168 cmTaller than 55%
- Weight
- 85 kgHeavier than 77%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- 2.0 km/hFaster than 16%
- Battery
- 1.5 hRuns longer than 9%
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Why it matters
Honda's post-ASIMO disaster-response humanoid, able to climb ladders and walk in rain.
Real-world use
No customers or deployments reported yet.
Maker
Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Company · founded 1948 · Tokyo, Japanpublic company (TYO: 7267; NYSE: HMC)
How it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
E2-DR is taller than 55% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
E2-DR is heavier than 77% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
E2-DR is faster than 16% of the 122 other humanoids that publish a speed. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
E2-DR has more joints than 57% of the 236 other humanoids that publish a joints. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
E2-DR runs longer than 9% of the 119 other humanoids that publish a battery. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: payload, price.
What it has been shown doing
2 of 14 skills we track, each from a public video or report. Demos can be staged or remote-controlled; we say so when the source does.
- Climb stairsclimbed 200 mm stairs and a vertical ladder (in rain) in the IROS 2017 video · Oct 2017 · spectrum.ieee.org
- Rough groundwalked on piled debris and in 26 mm/h rain · Oct 2017 · spectrum.ieee.org
Not shown yet:SortAssembleFoldKitchenToolsFineGet upRunJumpCarryOn siteAutonomous
Public attention
How much public attention E2-DR gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 1 news story from reputable press listed on this page
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What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Walks on legs · 33 joints
- Actuators & motors
- 33 degrees of freedom: 8 per arm, 6 per leg, 2 in the torso, 1 for each hand and the head; motors are cooled by a segregated air-cooling structure with ducts, fans, heat-conducting sheets and fins.
- Hands
- Basic 1-DoF grippers made for climbing ladders and stairs rather than dexterity; each hand carries a camera and a 3D sensor. Honda planned wireless-enabled tools for manipulation.
- Sensors & vision
- Two rotating Hokuyo laser rangefinders, a monocular camera with a synchronised LED flash, an SR4000 time-of-flight camera and a stereo camera with an infrared projector in the head.
- Compute
- Intel Core i7 CPU plus a discrete GPU; DC-DC converters alone draw about 226 W.
- Battery & power
- 1,000 Wh lithium-ion; about 90 minutes of operation.
- Materials & build
- Thin 25 cm body that passes through 30 cm gaps; 0.5 mm optical fibres replace normal signal cables and survived a million twist/bend cycles in Honda's tests.
- Other details
- Dust-proof and splash-proof (no formal IP rating given): labyrinth-sealed, greased joints; walked 20 minutes in 26 mm/h rain; works from -10 to 40 C. 1.68 m and 85 kg.
Lineage
Every Honda R&D humanoid in order.
P11996Retired
P21996Retired
P31997Retired
ASIMO2000Retired
ASIMO (new ASIMO)2005Retired
All-new ASIMO2011Retired- No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useE2-DR2017Prototype
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Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Sold or delivered
- Never sold (prototype)
- Where it is sold or used
- Japan (Honda R&D)
News
The latest 1, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- Honda shows E2-DR disaster robot at IROS
Honda presented a slim, weather-resistant humanoid prototype that climbs ladders and walks through rubble.
IEEE Spectrum
Sources
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