By Carlos Asmat & filed under Humanoids.
Honda Robotics released a new version of ASIMO which is much faster and much more agile than its predecessors. The new ASIMO, is capable of running much faster, has dexterous hands and can even jump on one foot. This robot is clearly the most advanced humanoid there is. Here are the specs of the new ASIMO and a summary […]
By Vincent Abry & filed under Humanoids.
The humanoid robot, Asimo, by Honda has stopped by the federal polytechnic school of Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland. A member of the audience has reported videos of the Objectif Sciences event (open day at EPFL) which took place on May 29 and 30. You can also see Asimo there center stage walking and interacting with […]
By Vincent Abry & filed under Uncategorized.
Honda has just developed a little fun gadget to put on your desktop: the Asimo Widget. This little robotic widget is placed on your computer desktop and displays the latest news from Honda as well as provides a memo function for taking notes. You also see Asimo walking around on your screen, it’s the fun […]
By Vincent Abry & filed under Humanoids.
Honda has just unveiled its new model of the Asimo humanoid robot: the P4. Careful though, it’s not a new version in the literal sense since this model is based on one developed in 2000. The P4 measures 1.60 m in height like the P3 but it has lost weight: from 130 kg to 80 […]
By Vincent Abry & filed under Uncategorized.
Today, Honda unveiled its 6th short film of the Dream the Impossible series on robots, at the Sundance Film Festival (in Torrance, California). Living With Robots lasts 8 min 34 seconds and you can watch it right here on the RobotShop blog. A total immersion into the world of Honda and interviews with engineers and […]
By William Cox & filed under Industry, Tutorials, Uncategorized.
As we say goodbye to the 200x’s and welcome the 201x’s it’s good to pause a bit and think about the world as it was ten years ago. There was no Wikipedia, no YouTube, internet access was still dialup for a huge portion of the population, and we didn’t have a whole heap of really […]
By William Cox & filed under Industry.
A new Japanese robotics magazine, Robot Life, has polled 500 Japanese females to ask them who was their favorite commercial robot. The grand winner was the PaPeRo robot, pictured at left, built by NEC. Also making the top 10 list (though, at a dismal 10th), is our friend Robonova. Wakamaru and Manoi were also in […]
By William Cox & filed under Industry.
Previously I’d told all of you to go out, exercise your democratic right, and vote in Engadget’s "Year’s Best" elections. Well, whether you did or not (you better had … ), the results are out! And the winner is, the Honda Asimo! The Engadget editors picked Stanford’s VW Touareg "Stanley" as their pick. So, what’s […]
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