WABOT-1

Model: WABOT-1

WABOT-1 was a research prototype developed at Waseda University from 1970 to 1973 under Ichiro Kato and is widely regarded as the world's first full-scale intelligent humanoid robot. Its limb-control, stereo-vision and Japanese conversation systems enabled static biped walking, tactile grasping and object transport, distance and direction measurement, and simple spoken interaction. It combined WAM-4 hands with WL-5 legs, was never a commercial product, and is now displayed at Waseda's Nishi-Waseda campus.