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Honda UNI-CUB Mobility Device: Like a Sit-Down Segway

Honda’s latest mobility vehicle is called the UNI-CUB. It’s a little unicycle looking device that measures about 29-inches tall. The seat height can be adjusted up to 32 inches high, putting the riders face even with other pedestrians. The little utility vehicle is designed to carry people around indoors.…

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May 16th, 2012 by: Shane McGlaun

Honda Motor Compo Scooter Screams “I’m Geekier Than You, Segway Guy!”

I am always surprised when the Tokyo Motor Show rolls around each year, as I tend to see as many things that aren’t cars than new cars themselves. Case in point – Honda is showing off a new electric scooter at the show called the Motor Compo. This folding scooter…

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December 2nd, 2011 by: Shane McGlaun

Honda’s New ASIMO Robot Shows Off

Honda has been busy, and not on new versions of the Civic or Accord. Today, the company has unveiled their new ASIMO robot, improving upon the 10 year-old design. Now ASIMO can kick balls, (hopefully not human male’s) hop on a single leg and it can even predict the direction…

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November 8th, 2011 by: Conner Flynn

H-Wing Carfighter is the Star Wars Geek Dream Ride

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If you are a geek, be a geek dammit. Just look at this dude named Shawn. He has embraced his inner Star Wars… geek and turned his Honda into his own H-Wing Carfighter – and its epic. It’s also so geeky that it hurts a little to view the cars

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July 14th, 2011 by: Shane McGlaun

Honda’S Asimo Robot Turns Ten

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I remember the first time I saw the ASMIO robot from Honda. I wondered why a car company was building a robot to begin with. It has now been a decade since the first ASIMO robot hit the stage and Honda is celebrating the occasion.…

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November 1st, 2010 by: Shane McGlaun

Osaka Tower Robot Vs Honda Asimo: Fight!

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This image is worth a thousand words: on which robot would you bet your money? My money is on Honda’s Asimo – I’m sure that he’ll kick the tower-bot’s bony ass!

We’ve already posted about this ultra-stupid ‘bot named Tsutenkaku, which was built as some kind of PR stunt for…

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April 14th, 2010 by: Range

Honda Asimo Robot Gets a Redesign After 13 Years

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You’ve probably seen or heard about this little robot, the Honda Asimo. Well, after 13 years, it was time for a much needed redesign.

This is actually Honda’s 4th version of the robot. The 3rd version was released in 1997, so it took Honda 13 years to do it. I…

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March 31st, 2010 by: Range

Giant Asimo at Rose Bowl Parade

finish your vegetables or else

Honda’s hand-shaking, stair-climbing, head-bowing, face-not having robot ASIMO has been exposed to Gigantor rays and has been blown up to 12 times it’s size. But don’t expect any Double Blizzards coming out of it: Robert over at GeekAlerts says that Gigantor ASIMO “will be completed with natural materials like lettuce…

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December 24th, 2008 by: Lambert Varias

Robot Web Cam and Asimo: Separated at Birth?

Asimo Compared to USB Robot Cam

This USB robot web cam bears more than a passing resemblance to Honda’s famous little humanoid robot, Asimo.

Unlike Asimo, however, the USB Robot Cam has white LED eyes and red LED ears that illuminate when the lights go down. The VGA camera isn’t anything fancy, but the the design…

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March 5th, 2007 by: Technabob

When Asimo Freezes, Does He See the Blue Screen of Death?

A while back, we showed you a funny clip of Honda’s ASIMO humanoid robot falling on his ASS-IMO trying to climb some stairs. Well the good news is now the little guy seems to be doing fine climbing stairs. The bad news is that he seems to have forgotten what…

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January 10th, 2007 by: Technabob

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