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Seminar on Honda ASIMO

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Brief History of the Robot Created by Honda Motor Company in 1986

ASIMO (Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility)

Started off at over six feet tall and often feel down

The company was getting frustrated with the

project and almost gave up hope

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History continued 1991 the ASIMO robot was now able to steadily walk

It also developed the ability to walk on an incline

By 1997 the robot was reduced in size to 4 feet This feature enabled the robot to do activities that

humans could do such as sit at a computer, turn on a

light switch, and turn doorknobs

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ASIMO today In 2000 the robot was

introduced to the world

2005 Honda embedded a

IC communication card

that enabled the robot to

communicate with people

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ASIMO capabilities Recognition of moving

objects

Recognition of posture

and gesture

Environmental recognition

Distinguishing sounds

Facial Recognition

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ASIMOs motion-walk like human Robots have joints that

researchers refer to as

"degrees of freedom."

There are three degrees offreedom in ASIMO's neck,

seven on each arm and six on

each leg.

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ASIMO capabilities in detail The robot can follow and greet a person

Can recognize when a handshake is offered and wave in

back to someone

Can distinguish objects and terrain in its environment

Distinguish between voices and other sounds

Identify 10 different faces and once they are registered they

can respond to them by name

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Humanoid features Self maintenance (self recharging)

Autonomous learning

Avoiding harmful situations to society and

people.

Safe interactions with the environment and

human beings.

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ASIMO Website

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Pros

It can do tedious chores thattake up a lot of time

Help the elderly and disabled

Can perform certain tasksthat are dangerous tohumans

Productivity can increase

Cons

People fear that robot will

take over their job

Less personalcommunication

Fear that robots will take

over human activity

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Future Inspiring young scientist

Education

Complete the ASIMO so it can

be an extra set of hands, ears,

eyes for humans

Make it more affordable thanits one million price currently

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Conclusion In my opinion the ASIMO robot is an

amazing technological advancement

This will allow people allocate their time ina more productive manner

The ASIMO robot will provide a number ofpositive contributions to human beings

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Thank you

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