Asimo

2 November 2010 04:32 pm



Honda Motor's humanoid robot Asimo, performs with dancer Papaya Suzuki during a promotional event marking the robots tenth anniversary at the company's headquarters in Tokyo. Asimo, which officially stands for “Advanced Step in Innovative MObility”, was the culmination of two decades of humanoid robotics research by Honda engineers, who began research on the project in the 1980s and unveiled Asimo in 2000. AFP PHOTO