In the 20th century, it seemed like robots were going to radically change our lives in the near future. Intelligent androids would handle all the daily tasks we didn’t care for, and make our lives ...

So long, Asimo. We'll always have the videos. Honda has announced that it's officially retiring the world's most famous non-Star Wars-affiliated bipedal robot. News of the retirement came from Nikkei ...

Do you remember Asimo? Yes, the robot that played soccer with ex-US President Barack Obama. Well, its parent, Honda, has killed it after just 18 years of its existence. The automaker has ditched the ...

As the robotics realm continues to heat up, Honda’s ASIMO (short for Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility) is something of an old-timer. It’s been around for 14 years, and has seen continual ...

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 ...

Honda put together an extensive history of its humanoid machines on its website, culminating in Asimo, which debuted in 2000. We’re digging the group shot above, showing how the robot started off in ...