Jakarta (ANTARA) – The humanoid robot ASIMO Honda Motor Co. will retire on Thursday, ending a 20-year career wowing the public with a walking and dancing demonstration in a showroom at the automaker’s Tokyo headquarters.
Since his debut in 2000, Asimo has become a symbol of Japan’s pioneering robot technology, mastering the ability to run, jump on one leg, speak sign language using five fingers and pour coffee into a paper cup from a tumbler.
But Honda halted all development of the ASIMO in recent years after a final upgrade in 2011 to give it the ability to make autonomous decisions such as avoiding bumping into someone while walking.
In September last year, the Japanese automaker announced plans to develop a robot avatar, which would allow users to operate it virtually from remote locations.
The new robot will be equipped with multi-finger hands and functions remote control AI-powered native, the company said.
Ahead of Asimo’s final appearance, fans including parents with children visited a Honda showroom to meet and say goodbye to a child-sized robot that looked like it was wearing a space suit.
Honda has said it will continue selling ASIMO goods after the robot retires, keeping the character active. ASIMO stands for Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility.
Asimo has also shown his human-like abilities overseas. In 2002, the year marking the 25th anniversary of Honda’s listing on the New York Stock Exchange, ASIMO rang the stock market bell to open the trading session.
In 2014, when United States President Barack Obama visited Japan, the two-legged robot greeted him in English and exhibited moves including kicking a ball and jumping at the National Museum of New Science and Innovation in Tokyo.
Since then, the robot has demonstrated its human-like abilities at science museums as well as in Honda showrooms. Thus quoted from Kyodo, Sunday.
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Translator: Fathur Rochman
Editor: Ida Nurcahyani
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