Honda Asimos Cooperate, Serve Coffee, Look Human
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Thursday, 13 of December , 2007 at 5:58 am
The clips in the above vid are from a demonstration at Honda’s headquarters in Tokyo of the latest incarnation of their famous Asimo robots. The part that blew me away is that if you’re only half paying attention to what’s going on (or if you let your eyes go out of focus a little bit), Asmio looks remarkably human as he walks around the office environment. His human co-workers look terrified, but that’s to be expected, right? Asimo doesn’t have much new in the way of hardware to show off, but his AI has been vastly improved, and multiple Asimos are now able to work together to distribute and accomplish tasks:
“The robot can, for example, recognize drink choices and carry a tray with the requested drink to the person who placed the order. [It] also does a better job of moving around people because of technology that allows it to better predict people’s movements so it doesn’t get in the way. The robot can even automatically head off to the nearest charging station when its batteries fall below a certain level.”
This latest version of Asimo will be at Honda’s headquarters serving eggnog for the next few months if you feel like stopping by and sharing a drink with him.
[ Honda Asmio Press Release ] VIA [ CNN ]
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The clips in the above vid are from a demonstration at Honda’s headquarters in Tokyo of the latest incarnation of their famous Asimo robots. The part that blew me away is that if you’re only half paying attention to what’s going on (or if you let your eyes go out of focus a little bit), Asmio looks remarkably human as he walks around the office environment. His human co-workers look terrified, but that’s to be expected, right? Asimo doesn’t have much new in the way of hardware to show off, but his AI has been vastly improved, and multiple Asimos are now able to work together to distribute and accomplish tasks:
“The robot can, for example, recognize drink choices and carry a tray with the requested drink to the person who placed the order. [It] also does a better job of moving around people because of technology that allows it to better predict people’s movements so it doesn’t get in the way. The robot can even automatically head off to the nearest charging station when its batteries fall below a certain level.”
This latest version of Asimo will be at Honda’s headquarters serving eggnog for the next few months if you feel like stopping by and sharing a drink with him.
[ Honda Asmio Press Release ] VIA [ CNN ]
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