HRP Humanoid Robot Series

A long-running Japanese humanoid robot platform from AIST and Kawada, central to classic bipedal-walking research.

The HRP series is a line of humanoid robots developed by Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) together with Kawada Industries and other partners, named after the “Humanoid Robotics Project” backed by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Notable models include HRP-2 (2002), long used as a research platform for bipedal walking and whole-body control; HRP-4 (2010), a lighter, slimmer redesign that also had a female-appearance variant called HRP-4C; and HRP-5P (2018), built for heavy manual labor and demonstrated carrying and installing large sheets of drywall. The series is known for walking control based on the zero moment point (ZMP), a stability criterion, making it a landmark example of model-based humanoid control from before reinforcement-learning locomotion control became common.

ExampleHRP-5P autonomously recognizes a sheet of drywall, lifts it, carries it to a wall, and installs it in place.

Also called

HRP-2, HRP-4, HRP-4C, HRP-5P, Humanoid Robotics Project, AIST HRP

Related

Humanoid Robot · Honda ASIMO · Zero Moment Point · ZMP Preview Control · Bipedal Locomotion · Model-Based Control

Sources

Humanoid Robotics Project - Wikipedia
Development of a humanoid robot prototype, HRP-5P, capable of heavy labor - Phys.org
HRP-4 - ROBOTS Guide (IEEE Spectrum)

As of

2018-11