Asimo just got better

Honda Motor Company announced the release of a new model of its robot Asimo. And earlier this humanoid robot was able to do a lot of things, and now he even jumps on one “leg”, knows how to keep balance on very uneven surfaces, walk in the rain without any consequences for himself. Those. the robot is resistant to water. The developers believe that the robot is slowly moving from the sphere of toys into the sphere of practical devices that perform certain functions.

The maximum speed of the robot is 9 kilometers per hour, that is, quite a decent speed for a not very high-speed runner. Before, the robot could reach speeds of only up to 6 kilometers per hour, which, in principle, is also quite good. At the same time, the robot can walk over the most rugged terrain, it can even keep balance if it comes on unevenness (stick, bump, etc.).
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Among other things, Asimo can distinguish the voices of speaking people. It is able to recognize three voices simultaneously, thanks to an improved technology for speech recognition and analysis of individual sounds. An interesting feature is the fact that this robot can work as a sign language interpreter.

Honda Motor believes that now Asimo can move around a very crowded street without any problems, and without operator intervention. The fact is that this robot has learned to distinguish between obstacles and can even predict the movement of individual objects. And one more feature, quite interesting. Remember, in the movie “I, Robot,” were there robots receiving updates from the central server at a certain time? Here Asimo is slowly approaching this model of updating its software. Now he does not need a person to receive updates, everything happens automatically.

Via CNET