ASIMO is awesome-o

[Cadaverous Pallor]

We saw ASIMO at Innoventions last Sunday. Awesome. I've seen tons of video and such, but seeing it in person was truly amazing.

I'm sure there are some people who see it and go eh, no big deal, but if you dig robotics at all, you understand just how incredible a breakthrough it is. Walking isn't easy, nevermind turning or following or climbing stairs, or moving so quickly and fluidly, and doing all of it in something like 120 pounds is unbelievable.

It's kind of a bummer that the whole show is preprogrammed. They talk about his intelligence capabilities but don't give a live demonstration. Too much room for error, I guess. I just tuned out the stupid storyline and watched it move.

Here are some movies from Honda's site. At Innoventions you get the candy coated show, unlike these films. I wish we could have seen him run in person, but he does lots of other things.


This is worth taking the time to get into Innoventions and secure a seat. Make sure to ask the CM outside of ASIMO is in today - The first show was at 11am, and I've hard the last show is at 7pm.