The asimo just got a successor. sony honda robotics unveiled e2 on oct 1, a commercial humanoid…
the asimo just got a successor. sony honda robotics unveiled e2 on oct 1, a commercial humanoid aimed at hospitality and healthcare in japan, inheriting the original asimo lineage.
the service robot came back with a brand name.
Context
Searches for a Sony Honda Robotics humanoid called e2 returned no source naming it. The closest pages read are Honda's CEATEC 2026 exhibit overview dated October 5 and Honda's October 1 note on a robotic hand for commercial space stations.
Honda's ASIMO lineage is documented, for example the 1996 P2 humanoid on the Engineering and Technology History Wiki.
The e2 name, an October 1 unveiling and a hospitality and healthcare target were not found in the pages read, so they are unsupported here, not refuted.
The ASIMO lineage claim is plausible background, but no source tied e2 to it.
'The service robot came back with a brand name' is the author's opinion.
Related work
- Honda: CEATEC 2026 exhibit overview ↗What Honda said it would show.
- ETHW: Honda P2 humanoid, 1996 ↗Early lineage.
- Nikkei Asia: Kawasaki Kaleido ↗A nearby Japanese humanoid story.
Watch next
- Look for a Sony Honda Mobility or Honda release naming the robot.
Sources
- Honda CEATEC overview, Oct 5, 2026publicnow.com
- Honda News, Oct 1, 2026hondanews.com
- Nikkei Asia, Oct 3, 2026asia.nikkei.com
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The note above is reproduced unedited from the original post, first published on Threads on 10 October 2026 at 06:41 IST. Sources are the papers and datasets the note draws on.
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