In 2000, Honda launched ASIMO (Advanced Step in Innovative MObility), an advanced humanoid robot that sparked the imaginations of innovators and technology enthusiasts worldwide. Named after the famed ...

TOKYO -- Honda Motor has stopped development of its humanoid Asimo robot, a symbol of Japan's advances in robotics technology along with Sony's Aibo robot dog.

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Honda Motor will equip its new 0 Series electric vehicles with the operating system of its retired humanoid robot Asimo, turning it into the command center for the vehicles' ...

When we think about robots, we get a picture in mind of a machine model with human-like hands, legs and face but not all of them are like that. Any machine which can perform certain tasks without ...

Tokyo’s no stranger to robots. From remote-controlled androids who are capable of running a café to robotic konbini workers, these cyborgs are part of everyday life in the city. Take Asimo for example ...

Honda's humanoid robot Asimo is so amazingly graceful for a machine that it's hard to believe there isn't a man inside that walking spacesuit. In the 1980s, engineers at the automaker began with a ...

Honda Motor developed its robot, ASIMO, for use in people’s living spaces. Its size is big enough so that it can use furniture and tools while remaining small enough to be non-intimidating. Since its ...

Fans of technology will recall a number of years when Honda’s humanoid robot Asimo seemed to be everywhere. In addition to its day job in a research lab, Asimo had a public relations side gig showing ...

Honda’s charismatic robot Asimo is retiring this week, ending a 22-year career. The child-sized robot made a name for itself some two decades ago when it rang the bell at the New York Stock Exchange ...

Honda Motor's Asimo humanoid robot will retire on Friday, ending its 20-year career of wowing the public with walking and dancing demonstrations at a showroom at the automaker's Tokyo headquarters.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, watches Honda Motor Co's interactive robot Asimo during a visit to Miraikan (National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation) in Tokyo on Monday. With Merkel ...