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Honda Asimo Does Detroit: Bigger, Longer And More Uncut

laserface — Fri, 16 May 2008 14:05:37 EDT

a robot in detroit that ISNT robocop?!?!?

laserface

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RobertsMx — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:51:49 EDT

@Draconis: Yes he can. (Link)

RobertsMx

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wookie1901 — Fri, 16 May 2008 10:22:05 EDT

Plus, He won't win over my heart until he saves a superhero.

wookie1901

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bmoredlj — Fri, 16 May 2008 10:15:55 EDT

I hear he's dating My Size Barbie...

bmoredlj

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superdude4agze — Fri, 16 May 2008 10:04:47 EDT

I'm disappointed because he doesn't actually "conduct" the symphony. A conductor controls the music, the tempo, volume, etc. Asimo just did some preprogrammed movements to music.

superdude4agze

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SundaySunday — Fri, 16 May 2008 10:02:30 EDT

Wait. Does Richard Dreyfus still do voice-overs for Honda? He'd better watch his back. As we speak they are digitally remastering "Mr. Holland's Opus" and replacing him with Asimo in all his scenes. Well, that's what I heard anyways. From my toaster.

SundaySunday

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Vroomtrap — Fri, 16 May 2008 09:15:15 EDT

This is all very cute until all conductors are out of business. Haha ask the air line travel agency how great computers are. Or better yet, ask the real estate sales people with sites like redfin.com and zillow.com generating record profits.

Vroomtrap

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Mazda Eric has his own radio show — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:59:30 EDT

@Rock517: those things creeped me out as a kid when i saw that movie, classic!

Mazda Eric has his own radio show

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Rock517 — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:47:18 EDT

I'd rather see ED-209 as a conductor.

Rock517

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NovaloadMissesPolar — Fri, 16 May 2008 07:10:21 EDT

@charles_barrett: That's from the SouthPark movie.

NovaloadMissesPolar

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Mazda Eric has his own radio show — Fri, 16 May 2008 07:06:31 EDT

this robot will destroy human existence! KILL IT! KILL IT!

Mazda Eric has his own radio show

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kolorfast — Fri, 16 May 2008 06:04:47 EDT

Color me unimpressed. Asimo has by far the most fluid motion of any anthroid I've ever seen, but simply waving its arms over and over again in exactly the same sequence is nothing Chuck E. Cheese and his band aren't capable of.

kolorfast

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Chuckie_A — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:28:51 EDT

I can't put my finger on exactly why, but this thing gives me the jibblies.

Chuckie_A

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Draconis — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:22:07 EDT

Not bad, but can this Asimo walk up a set of stairs without busting its ass?

Draconis

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1300ccsoffury — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:06:17 EDT

That's one expensive-lookin' metronome.

1300ccsoffury

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Number_Six — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:59:59 EDT

Asimo is old enough that his/her/its vision of the future probably includes trying to inseminate an electric wheelchair-bound, drugged Julie Christie.

Number_Six

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readplays — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:29:37 EDT

@ifonlyihadthemoney: Neat video. Frankly though, I wish that Britpop Eurotrash blue-collar tweaker version of Matthew Lillard would have jumped at the end.

readplays

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wookie1901 — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:10:41 EDT

As neat as that is, Asimo's performance lacked something. There was no heart, no emotion. It all seemed, oh I don't know, what's the word I'm searching for... ah, yes, robotic.

I will have to show this to my girlfriend with the music degree so she can criticize his ictus.

Seriously, though, that is sumthin'.

wookie1901

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POLAЯMISSESEVEЯYBODY — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:58:00 EDT

Chinese automaker Hondo made news today, when they attempted to copy Honda's Asimo. Things went terribly wrong for Hondo when they discovered they had misheard the projects name and they were doing it wrong...

Hondo thought the concept was called Assinhole.

POLAЯMISSESEVEЯYBODY

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ifonlyihadthemoney — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:55:04 EDT

ifonlyihadthemoney

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POLAЯMISSESEVEЯYBODY — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:49:35 EDT

And in other news today, more depressed
GM robots were found leaping to their deaths.
Apparently they had difficulty keeping their
garage band together, and the rumours of
Asimo, Yo-Yo Ma, and Timbaland working on
an Asimo and Friends CD didn't help either.

POLAЯMISSESEVEЯYBODY

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Benson2175 — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:47:18 EDT

Oh isn't it cute. Everyone laugh at the cute little robot waving.

You won't be laughing when it and its kind are tearing you and your children limb from limb. The Robot Revolution has already begun people. Stop them before it's too late.

Benson2175

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Stumies — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:43:51 EDT

Fake! It's a guy in a suit!

*bans self*

Stumies

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karmakid — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:16:44 EDT

so... animatronic orchestra aswell eh?

karmakid

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Duphman2 — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:12:07 EDT

I get bad vibes from this vid. I get the feeling that I will be murdered in a concentration camp by clones of this guy.....with Daft Punk playing in the background.

Duphman2

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Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:10:36 EDT

So, uhm, Ray...
your fondness for playing with the phrase "bigger, longer, and uncut" makes me wonder if you sideline reviewing porn. Goodness know, I use that turn of phrase frequently myself when I pen porn reviews (I won't even bother to specify for which target demographic... 'tho phallic allusions don't move many units of STRAIGHT porn...)

Just sayin'...

Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing

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readplays — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:05:17 EDT

I think it's the coolest thing to come from Honda this side of the 1960's F1 effort. Of course I'm also convinced that on breaks Asimo sits in his dressing room and watches Westworld. And waits...

readplays

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om Bronx de Mowgli — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:47:21 EDT

bless Honda for having the decency to not slap a face on this thing!!

om Bronx de Mowgli

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bruxell — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:33:45 EDT

Thank you Honda! Like I don't have enough to worry about...

bruxell