A personal highlight so far at the 2007 CES is the appearance of Honda’s Asimo bipedal humanoid robot. Honda brought Asimo to CES to show him off and possibly get some better footing in the public eye after a well publicized incident .
The footage above, combined with the linked footage below made up the entire Asimo performance. Honda brought out Asimo to a large crowd of adoring fans, and I was among them towards the front of the stage to get the best footage.
In person, Asimo seemed strangely real, and I overheard many comments wondering if someone was inside the robot. He definitely had a fanbase in attendance, and was cheered on as he danced, sidestepped, and played soccer on stage. Honda’s robot was quick to joke around and pump his fists in the air, and seemed somewhat egotistical, but no one minded - his robotic charm shined through. The most impressive display of Asimo’s power was when he was instructed to run across the stage. He is the first running bipedal robot, and Honda wants you to know that.
If you happen to keep up on robot news, you may have seen footage of Asimo attempting to ascend and descend stairs at a showing in Japan. Japanator featured a video last month showing Asimo trying to do so. When he fell, he was quickly covered up by moving curtains to avoid more embarrassment. At the CES showing, Asimo attempted to overcome his greatest fear. Hop on over to Japanator to see how he fared this time.
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January 11th, 2007 at 5:08 pm
hahaha! the dancing!
January 13th, 2007 at 7:15 pm
The guys yelling in the audience are priceless. I can’t believe I missed all of this stuff.
February 28th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
Hond’a Asimo is amazing…thankyou for this video…