In 2000, Honda launched ASIMO (Advanced Step in Innovative MObility), an advanced humanoid robot that sparked the imaginations of innovators and technology enthusiasts worldwide. Named after the ...

Asimo starred in its own TV commercial in 2010. Narrated by Garrison Keillor, the ad gave Honda the opportunity to bring its work on robot technology to a wider audience.

We've been enjoying Honda's Asimo (Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility) robot ever since Engadget existed, but now Honda has announced that this robot project is winding down. The technology ...

As the Nikkei Asian Review reports, Honda is officially closing the book on its ASIMO robotics program after 18 years of steady development. In 1986, Honda first set out to build a bi-pedal robot ...

For more than 40 years, Honda Motor Co., known for things such as cars, ... Watch Honda's ASIMO robot show off advancements in mobility. Updated: Apr. 22, 2015, 12:00 a.m.

The final modern Honda-powered McLaren Formula 1 car shoots off the track, transforming into one of Honda's rideable lawnmowers. Honda's ASIMO robot makes a quick cameo, climbing up a set of ...

ASIMO, Honda’s 18 year old humanoid robot project, ... Kyodo News reported that the project had not seen any update since 2011, and with no commercial use to capitalize on, ...

Honda used to put Asimo to perform regular shows at its Tokyo head office. The last one was on March 31. According to NHK , it even danced – without wearing a Spandex suit and with no human ...

Honda has been working in the development of robotics since 1986, with the predecessors of ASIMO, the world’s most advanced humanoid robot. Honda Miimo is the first commercial robotic product ...

Honda's ASIMO robot has been given a new round of upgrades, slimming down and gaining the ability to autonomously monitor and interact with its environment, out of the control of a human operator.

YOKOHAMA, JAPAN — Honda Motor Co. used the Robodex 2000 exhibition that opened here Friday to show off Asimo, a 47-inch tall humanoid robot that walks in a similar way to a real person. The ...

Honda Unveils Robot That Helps You Walk. ... Japanese robot company Cyberdyne has begun renting out in Japan a belted device called HAL, ... introducing the Asimo humanoid in 2000.