🔬 Corporate#32 Tokyo, Japan· Est. 1986
Honda Research Institute — Robotics (ASIMO)
Creator of ASIMO — the most iconic humanoid robot of the 2000s. Honda's 30+ year investment in bipedal locomotion research established the foundation for modern humanoid robots worldwide.
humanoid locomotionbalance controlservice robotsmobility
Notable achievements
ASIMO (2000-2022, most recognized humanoid), Honda Walking Assist exoskeleton, Uni-Cub personal mobility robot, 30+ years bipedal research.
Notable work
ASIMOHonda Walking AssistUni-Cub
Recent publications
All papers →Matched by this lab's specialties (keyword overlap + direct affiliation)
PERCEPTION
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Magnet-Based Soft Robotic Skin Using a 3D-Printed Multi-Lattice Structure and CNN-Based Tactile Super-Resolution
Yunseong Bang, Joowon Park, Suan Sim +3 more
2026
LOCOMOTION
Open access
FastDSAC: Enhancing Policy Plasticity via Constrained Exploration for Scalable Humanoid Locomotion
Guanchen Lu, Yajuan Dun, Yi Zhou +4 more
2026
LOCOMOTION
Center of mass feedback for joint torque control during perturbed standing: a potential generalizable control approach for balance augmentation in wearable robots.
Jakubowski KL, Sawicki GS, Ting LH
Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026
LOCOMOTION
Open access
TAGA: Terrain-aware Active Gaze Learning for Generalizable Agile Humanoid Locomotion
Peizhuo Li, Hongyi Li, Mingfeng Fan +9 more
2026
LOCOMOTION
Open access
Accelerating and Scaling MPC-Guided Reinforcement Learning for Humanoid Locomotion and Manipulation
Junheng Li, Liang Wu, Sergio A. Esteban +3 more
2026
LOCOMOTION
Passive wheels on legged robots: a survey.
Petri JF, Lacey G
Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2026