Video: Asimo's North American trade show debut
By Randall Bennett 
posted Jan 10th 2007 11:06AM
posted Jan 10th 2007 11:06AM
The last time we saw Asimo, it was falling down stairs. Call us sadists, but we went to Honda's press conference hoping we'd see a repeat performance from the biped. Unfortunately for us, the three-foot tall humanoid robot didn't fall over, but instead ran across stage, ran in circles and even made it up the stairs. Watch Asimo's North American trade show debut above, or download, or download below the full 13:51 movie.
[MP4] Download the movie (82.5 MB)
[MP4] Download the movie (82.5 MB)
TOTALLY the wrong voice for it.
you must be used to the japanese ASIMO...
Are we SURE Kenny Baker isn't inside that thing?
So it turns out I'm not the worst dancer in the world, thanks Asimo!
i thought it sounded a bit like Alphonse Elric, which is the ultimate voice!
asimo rocks.. i can't wait to have one.. no more cutting the grass, or getting up for a beer, hell i bet it can even wash me
I wonder about how imitating humanoid body equate to a sound robotic design. Our body is NOT optimized for efficiency when it comes to running and walking. Putting two more legs into this machine will open a whole new level of speed, capacity, and stability, cheaply. So, why not? In my opinion, this is a technical exercise that bears little fruits for real world application... more of a science fiction novelty that we can't get over.
"You can tell AWESOME-O all your secrets." - Cartman
I keep telling my wife... "Machines are going to take over the world". Matrix and Terminator style! Maybe not in our life time but... it's going down eventually.
North American debut? I saw ASMINO at Disneyland...last year.
*ASIMO
Hear, hear...North American debut? Saw Asimo at Disneyland last year as well...
Javaflash - It's past te year 2000 and I STILL don't have my dang flying cars! At least let me have my humanoid robot! >:(
Maybe its just me, but the cheese factor of the presentation makes me cringe.
Asimo has been performing four shows daily in Disneyland for a couple of years now. Here are some shots of him from last May: http://jeremedia.com/photography/disneyland_may_2006
He really is quite amazing to see in person. Highly recommended. It feels like a very high-end magic trick.
Can someone please photoshop a Storm Trooper head on this thing?
Worst. Music. Evar.
Updated the title to reflect trade show.
Thanks!
Asimo or Arsimo can out dance you white guys out there and dance stars around you 2 feeted left footer out there. (I'm not white).
north american TRADE SHOW debut, but your right, ASIMO even said so itself that it's great to be back (or something like that)
Another "debut?" question - they even say it was at CES LAST year...?
Cool, but it is clear to me that they need to spraypaint this bad boy. As the saying goes, "white guys can't dance."
Well, I agree that for sheer speed a quadruped would generally be found superior to bipeds. (Then again, there are is a far wider selection of quadrupedal animals than bipedal).
That being said bipedal creatures tend to be far, far more versatile - which is generally a more valuable characteristic.
I for one welcome our asimo,robot-helping overlords!
Jazz Hands!!!
it moves like it just s#!t in it's pants.. lol..
So it's pronounced "awesome-o" instead of "as-i-mo". mmm.
I disagree with Javaflash. The point is not to make a robot that's incredibly fast or efficient (just stick some AI in a Ferrari for that), but something that can easily interact with humanoid equipment, such as stairs, vehicles or whatever. The tasks Asimo is designed for require more dexterity than real speed anyway. Asimo isn't going to be useful as a marathon runner, it's useful as a butler, maid, chef, gardener and nurse.
I think the next place this guy will be "unveiled" is going to be Iraq. By then he will have been fitted with twin FN-P90's, an M249, an M203, IED countermeasures, Arabic language translation software, and there will be 1 million of them.
Why wait for an Asimo if you can buy a $1000 humanoid kit and program it yourself ? say, Bioloid or KHR or Manoi any of them , from robosavvy,com for instance.
I made my own humanoid with the help of another human and it was able to perform all of these functions within 2 years.... took honda 2 decades... sheesh
people are just slow
Yep, he was most certainly at CES last year.
R2D2 is better
i thought surely it was going to do 'the robot' when it started dancing.
Sweet!! Now I can fire my illegal workers and have asimo do thier jobs and not have my things stolen.
chief knockahomer cud kick asimo's ass
NA debut?? I have video of him from CES 2006. Might wanna correct that title there.
yeah, i noticed that too
Well, now we know where Daunte Culpepper got all his touchdown celebrations.