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Honda’s New Asimo Robot
Honda has unveiled “All-new ASIMO”, a new version of their humanoid robot. It can run at hop on one or both legs, and more.
The all-new ASIMO is now advanced from an “automatic machine” to an “autonomous machine” with the decision-making capability to determine its behavior in concert with its surroundings such as movements of people. At the beginning of the development process, the following three factors were identified as necessary for a robot to perform as an autonomous machine, and the technologies required to realize these capabilities were developed; 1) high-level postural balancing capability which enables the robot to maintain its posture by putting out its leg in an instant, 2) external recognition capability which enables the robot to integrate information, such as movements of people around it, from multiple sensors and estimate the changes that are taking place, and 3) the capability to generate autonomous behavior which enables the robot to make predictions from gathered information and autonomously determine the next behavior without being controlled by an operator. With these capabilities, the all-new ASIMO takes another step closer to practical use in an environment where it coexists with people.
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cindy hawkins on November 12th, 2011 11:24 am
Absolutely! And keeping in mind Asimov’s LAWS OF ROBOTICS – I’m sure he would be pleased. My hunch is, these mechanical dudes take their name as a tip of the hat to the wonderful science fiction writer, who often called himself a ‘FUTURIST”. I once heard Isaac Asimov say, “I write of worlds that can be..” And robots that benevolently serve man, thus enhancing human life, were what he had always intended and hoped for them. And for us.
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