Buried in the far corner of one of the myriad halls of CES, Honda Motor Company demonstrated the latest features of their ASIMO humanoid robot. Honda has been a leader in the development of humanoid robotics for years, and this latest version of ASIMO demonstrated two new features never before demonstrated in the United States: balancing on a tilting floor and navigating a steep slope in both directions. This Las Vegas appearance was preceded by news of yet another ASIMO variant in Japan that can carry objects in cart and run at a brisk 4 mph. While your average human toddler can manage these tasks pretty easily — and chuck soggy cheerios at the family pet at the same time — the engineering, physics and programming required to make this happen (aside from the flinging food bit) in a humanoid robot is pretty remarkable. While we still may be a few years away from George Jetson’s Rosie-bot washing our delicates and baking gingersnaps for the young ‘uns, odds are good that some of the robots doing so may be sporting a Honda logo. We tried to snag a swell ASIMO plush toy at a post-demo raffle, but our swag-winnning mojo was nowhere to be seen. For more on all things ASIMO visit http://asimo.honda.com.
2006 CES Report: Honda’s ASIMO Steps Out
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I dig the idea of ASIMO and what possibilities it could lead to, but having a background in design leads me to hate the look of this thing. It looks like something from a cheap 1980′s sci fi thriller that tried to look into the future too much.
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Nice blog you have here
About the design of the robot it’s not meant to be pretty. It’s just suposed to work. That new moves seems like a nice step forward (or sideways). I guess the next step is to climb a variable slope (in x, y, and z, a very uneven road).
Aismo is soooooo cute! i got an asimo plush and its even cuter heheh…