Honda

本田

Japan

Tokyo (Minato-ku)

Founded 1948

Last updated: August 24, 2026

Full Name

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

About

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda / 本田) is a major Japanese multinational mobility manufacturer, founded on 1948-09-24 by Soichiro Honda and Takeo Fujisawa, headquartered at 2-1-1 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan, and consistently ranked in the Fortune Global 500. Its business spans automobiles, motorcycles, power products and aircraft (HondaJet). In robotics, Honda started humanoid robot research in 1986 (E-series, then P-series) and unveiled ASIMO in November 2000, iterating through multiple generations (2005 version 130 cm; 2011 version 48 kg, 57 DOF, running up to 9 km/h with autonomous decision-making). ASIMO demonstrated bipedal walking, running, stair climbing, object manipulation and sign language; Honda announced the end of ASIMO new-model development in 2018 (development officially ended 2022-03-31).

Technical Overview

Company Stage

Demo

Focus Application

Research

Robot Products

Contact Information

Address

2-1-1 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Robot Products

ASIMO

Released 2000

Demo

Development Timeline

1986

Started humanoid robot research (E-series)

1996

Developed P-series humanoid robots (P1, P2, P3)

2000

ASIMO made its public debut on 2000-11-20 (120 cm / 52 kg / 26 DOF)

2011

Latest-generation ASIMO (130 cm / 48 kg / 57 DOF) with running up to 9 km/h and autonomous decision-making

2018

Honda announced the end of ASIMO new-model development (development officially ended 2022-03-31)

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