Honda's Asimo grows up, joins the workforce
As children age, they gain knowledge, cultivate new skills, and gain better control of their faculties. So it is
with Honda's robotic spokesperson, Asimo. The auto industry's favorite android has gained a bunch of new tricks, and is
preparing to take over your workplace.
The diminutive bobbleheaded astronaut can now serve tea, recognize people with specially-encoded business cards, and
push a mail cart. Asimo has also picked up speed, and can now trot along at 4 miles per hour— twice as fast as
he/she/it was previously clocked.
Visitors to the company's offices can expect to see the robot being put to work early next year, and outside firms sick of dealing with temperamental help can lease an Asimo for themselves. At an asking price of $170,000 a year, however, that had better be one mean cup of Earl Grey.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
JayNorth 12:26AM (12/19/2005)
WTF!? ... o.0
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2Suave 12:26AM (12/19/2005)
Glad to see that GORT has returned to Earth to do good.
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330R 12:26AM (12/19/2005)
http://world.honda.com/ASIMO/new/
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05redrex 12:26AM (12/19/2005)
I'm waiting on the Asimo-RealDoll hybrid
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klatu 12:26AM (12/19/2005)
Gort? Klatu barada niktow.
See, you foolish humans think you can just blow each other up and threaten the rest of the universe.
Just wait until Gort and I return.
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GORT 12:26AM (12/19/2005)
I'm returning to Earth and will tear ass unless you Earthlings behave!
By the way, I think KLAATU is spelled with 2 "A"s.
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