TOKYO – Honda’s humanoid robot, which can be started up in four minutes, is to be a receptionist at IBM Japan. Honda has refined its human robot “Asimo” to gracefully walk down stairs, respond to ...

What do the classic computer game Frogger and the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark have in common? They are both being used to demonstrate software that tells humanoid robots where to plant their feet.

The future is not now. Not quite. But it is walking this way. It is climbing the stairs. It is waving to the paperboy. It is dancing with the most precious little blond girl in the courtyards of ...

Last week Honda announced new advanced functionality for its ASIMO android robot. Features include the ability to wirelessly communicate with other ASIMOs to coordinate on the accomplishment of tasks, ...

Robotics has got to be simultaneously one of the most exciting and ignored high tech stories on the planet. I’m not talking about robotics in manufacturing which is currently being used worldwide ...

Advanced humanoid robot Asimo just got a new superpower – it can understand three humans shouting at once. For now the modified Asimo’s new ability are being used to judge rock-paper-scissors contests ...

At CES, Honda's ASIMO robot will demonstrate the ability to run at a speed of up to four mile per hour. DN editor-in-chief John Dodge spoke with ASIMO project leader Stephen Keeney about the ...

A humanoid robot will conduct the Detroit Symphony Orchestra next month, mixing two different cultures — technology and music. Honda Motor Co.’s Asimo robot was built to help people and to someday ...