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Honda Updates ASIMO

Posted by samzenpus on from the finally-chasing-speed dept.

kosmicki writes "Honda Motor Co. today announced the development of new technologies for the next-generation ASIMO humanoid robot, targeting a new level of mobility that will better enable ASIMO to function and interact with people by quickly processing information and acting more nimbly in real-world environments."

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  1. Videos by r_glen · · Score: 5, Informative

    You can see videos of Asimo in action (including his new "tricks") at the Honda site.

  2. Re:Anyone... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm someone in the robotics field, and yes it does, the same way everything in all research fields improves: gradually.

    ASIMO provides a solid platform for researching humanoid motion control, mechanisms for humanoid robots, human-robot interaction, and robot-environment interaction. The researchers who work on it make advances in all these areas, just like the researchers who work on the Qrio, or any other robotic platform make advances in their areas.

    Being a handy marketing tool is merely a side benefit of developing all these technologies that will be extremely useful in the future when Honda wants to be a big player in the robotics industry. It's called "thinking longterm."