The bubble-headed Asimo machine had problems telling the difference between people raising their hands to ask questions and those aiming their smartphones to take photos at the Miraikan science museum ...
He can walk, talk and even pour you a cup of tea, but Honda’s Asimo robot is not a people person… yet. The android started work as a museum guide this week but fluffed his lines on day one, because he ...
In the 20th century, it seemed like robots were going to radically change our lives in the near future. Intelligent androids would handle all the daily tasks we didn’t care for, and make our lives ...
It must have seemed like a good idea at the time: one of Japan’s top science museums has borrowed Honda Motor’s iconic spaceman robot, Asimo, as a guide. But the confused bot is struggling to ...
If anyone was worried that Honda’s humanoid ASIMO robot would lead the machines in their inevitable uprising against humankind, it’s probably going to be a while. In a demonstration in Tokyo this week ...
Honda Motor's Asimo humanoid robot will retire on Friday, ending its 20-year career of wowing the public with walking and dancing demonstrations at a showroom at the automaker's Tokyo headquarters.