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Honda unveils robot
The Japanese company says
the 4-fbot tail, 115-pound robot
is the most intelligent
humanoid robot in the world
Andrew Black
Environment/Science/Technology
Last month in Tokyo, the Japan
ese automobile company Honda
unveiled what it considers the
most intelligent humanoid robot in
the world. The new robot, named
ASIMO for Advanced Step in Inno
vative Mobility, stands four feet
tall, weighs 115 pounds and has a
striking resemblance to a moon
walking astronaut.
ASIMO project leader Stephen
Keeney said the robot represents a
convergence of cutting-edge techno
logical advances in electrical engi
neering, physics and applied human
anatomy. Although Honda leases the
robot in Japan for roughly $160,(XX) a
year, Keeney said it has no plans to
market the robot in the United States.
“In Japan they are used as
greeters,” Keeney said. “In the U.S.,
we plan to use ASIMO to encourage
children to be excited about science.”
The ASIMO robot uses a camera
mounted inside its head to inter
pret body postures and gestures.
The robot can recognize up to 10
different people and address them
by name, it can communicate sim
ple messages and it can guide peo
ple to pre-programed destinations.
It also can walk up and down
stairs, avoid immobile objects, rec
ognize its name when called,
shake hands and transmit images
of a visitor’s face.
Keeney said he envisions ASI
MO eventually evolving into a tool
to guide the blind or to assist peo
ple in wheelchairs.
“People have used animals to
help, but a robot with the capabili
ties to help, now — that’s a good
idea,” sophomore James Kim said.
It may be a good idea, but for
now ASIMO can only operate for
30 minutes between charges, and it
can’t get wet. Researchers are also
trying to develop a way for ASIMO
to pick itself up when it falls.
Senior research associate Brian
Drabble at the University’s Com
putational Intelligence Research
Laboratory said ASIMO is the cut
ting-edge robot application in the
world, but he stressed that artifi
cial intelligence also includes sys
terns that help people plan and
schedule complex tasks like build
ing a ship — not just robotics.
To encourage innovations in ro
bot design principles, real-time
reasoning and team strategy acqui
sition, robotics researchers are
working to develop a team of fully
autonomous humanoid robots that
can defeat the World Cup champi
on soccer team by 2050. Their ul
timate goal is to create robots ca
pable of search-and-rescue in large
scale disasters.
Contact the reporter
at andrewblack@dailyemerald.com.
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