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Autonomous Work Vehicle (first shown as 3E-D18)
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Honda R&D Americas · working robot

Autonomous Work Vehicle

first shown as 3E-D18

A four-wheel-drive autonomous utility vehicle built on Honda's ATV chassis with airless tyres, GPS and sensors, an accessory rail and on-board power outlets, programmable in Follow Me, Pattern and A-to-B modes. Honda lists 454 kg load and 590 kg towing capacity.

Price
—not sold; field-test prototype
Height
90 cmTaller than 47%
Weight
350 kgHeavier than 80%
Payload
454 kgCarries more than 62%
Speed
—Not published
Battery
—Not published

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Why it matters

A prototype machine from Honda R&D Americas.

Real-world use

Beta-tested in 2018 with a solar company in North Carolina, a wildland firefighting unit in Colorado and an agricultural college in California (Honda, CES 2019).

Timeline

First shown
2018-01
Released
Not yet
CES 2018, Las Vegas (as the 3E-D18 concept); production-intent prototype at CES 2019

Maker

Honda R&D AmericasCompany

How it stacks up

Against other working & field robots that publish the figure. Pick a measure.

Not published by the maker: speed, joints, battery, price.

Public attention

How much public attention Autonomous Work Vehicle (first shown as 3E-D18) gets, from open data.

  • No Wikipedia article of its own yet
  • No recent press stories listed yet

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What’s inside

No component details published yet.

Movement
Wheeled base

From the maker

Autonomous Work Vehicle (first shown as 3E-D18) is the only machine from Honda R&D Americas in the atlas.

Made, sold and where

No production or sales figures published yet.

Price
Not publishednot sold; field-test prototype
How to get one
No official buying page found

Side by side with its peers

Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. Few robots match closely, so these are the nearest matches. How we choose

Full comparison
MeasureAutonomous Work Vehicle (first shown as 3E-D18)Autonomous Work Vehicle (first shown as 3E-D18)Honda R&D AmericasAutonomous low-floor AGV logistics systemAutonomous low-floor AGV logistics systemObayashi Corporation (with SRI International)Same job: carrying materials · Both on wheels · Both in development
First shown2018-012021-10-25
StatusPrototypePrototype
Height90 cm—
Weight350 kg—
Joints——
Speed——
Payload454 kg—
Battery——
Price——

Sources

Figures come from the maker. Every link below backs something on this page.

Honda Autonomous Work Vehicle (CES 2019) Geospatial World Honda seeks business and technology partners for its autonomous work vehicle at CES 2019

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