Honda's Asimo Robot is Taller and Faster
Posted on December 17, 2004
Honda's Robot called Asimo (Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility) has improved on its already impressive set of skills. Asimo can now run and avoid obstacles in addition to dancing, walking up stairs and reckonizing faces. The BBC reports that Asimo made other improvements as well including "increasing his walking speed, from 1.6km/h to 2.5km, growing 10cm to 130cm and putting on 2kg in weight." It says Asimo is "taller, fatter and faster." But he doesn't look fat at all.
The future looks bright for Asimo and his friends. A recent UN study estimates there will be 4.1 million domestic robots in homes by the end of 2007.
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