ASIMO and Research Celebrated in Brussels

Posted by Zonk on Sunday May 15, 2005 @02:35PM from the science! dept.

robotsrule writes "The European Comission (Europa) is holding a public event to bring the public, especially young people, closer to the museums, laboratories and academic institutions that are doing high level research in Europe. 'European Researchers' Night' will offer several fun events such as science cafes, behind-the-scenes open house evenings at several research facilities, an X-ray laser demonstration, films, dinners, and more. The star guest of the evening is Honda's ASIMO humanoid robot. The event is scheduled for September 23, 2005 and will be held in Brussels, Belgium."

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Re:Can you actually buy one? by isecore · 2005-05-15 15:30 · Score: 3, Insightful

He probably costs more then your car

Provided you're only paying material costs. If you should factor in the R&D used to develop him, then it's probably more along the scale of "costs more than 200 of your cars".

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Re:Any technical info on how Asimo runs? by jeffmeden · 2005-05-16 01:18 · Score: 2, Insightful

I saw a video clip of him 'running' at the ASIMO tech demo, and it was, in fact, nothing more than very rapid walking (as in, he didn't stride anything like a biological biped does when it runs). fwiw.