Honda Asimo, the frighteningly realistic yet increasingly useless humanoid robot, has learned another new trick! It can pour drinks. Watch Asimo roll out a cart, open up a thermos, grab the cup, tilt the cup, pour, finish the pour and hand it off to a pretty lady.
It’s amazing how human-like this guy is now. Honda has improved Asimo from its stair climbing days to now be able to understand different voices, recognise faces and respond to movement around it. Most importantly, Asimo can move on its own (it no longer needs an operator). Honda says that Asimo’s intelligence and abilities have been upgraded tenfold, its top speed is 3.2km/h faster at 9km/h and its new dexterous fingers can be even used for sign language. All this sounds awesome but if we can add an Asimo to every bar, I’d totally be down with that. [Reghardware]
James Mac
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 12:35 PMWhat’s the battery life like on one of these guys?
Jeremy
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 12:51 PMup to 200 hours standby and 8 hours talk time.
Dan
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 1:22 PMIt’s pretty cool what they’ve made and how far they’ve got but at the same time, oh so lame.
Que
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 2:15 PMI suppose in order for Robots to do complicated tasks, you have to get them to start from simple dummy stuff.
but still, Japanese love their cute junk so much.
Boris
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 2:21 PMHe didn’t put the cap back on. GD male engineers…
PJ
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 3:47 PMBourbon thanks …
goat
Monday, November 14, 2011 at 9:43 PMtom cruise is doomed!
TSH
Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 7:55 PMso… still not quite smart enough to carry the cup over to her without spilling the contents.
But nonetheless, always good to see a solid incremental improvement.