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December 16, 2005
Asimo can now serve "tea"
The walking 51 inch tall, weighing 52kg human friendly robot from Honda which has demonstrated before that it can jog, walk up stairs, avoid obstacles and carry out basic converation can now serve tea.
Honda which now has 40 such robots worldwide plan to use these as receptionists at various Honda facilities. Asimo has been designed from the groundup to move around in homes and serve as assistants for humans.
The robots can be leased for about $170,000 (US) a year.
Posted by admin at December 16, 2005 07:32 AM