“Like” This Honda ASIMO Video to Raise Money for Columbus’ Nationwide Children’s Hospital
After recently announcing a generous $1 million dollar donation to the Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, Honda said today that it will donate an additional $1 to the hospital for every “Like” or “Share” that social media users give to this new video of young hospital patients interacting with the Japanese automaker’s ASIMO robot. […]
Miami Student Earns School A Visit From Honda ASIMO
Many parents of elementary school students can take pride in their child’s academic or extracurricular successes, but how many can claim that their offspring wrote an essay so good that it merited a special visit from an advanced humanoid robot? As far as we’re aware, just the parents of Samantha Shestack, a fourth-grader whose essay […]
Honda ASIMO Robot Meets With San Jose STEM Students
The Honda ASIMO humanoid robot was greeted as a rock star by a group of middle school students who had come to the Honda Silicon Valley Lab in California for a special demonstration. Though ASIMO is eventually meant to serve as a sort of butler for humans, at the moment he is best at wowing […]
Hey Teens, Enter to Win a Visit to Your School from the Honda ASIMO Robot
Hey, middle- and high-school students ages 13 to 18—have you ever wanted to meet Honda ASIMO, the world’s most advanced humanoid robot, and the inspiration for Cartman’s “AWESOM-O” robot? (Teenagers still watch South Park, right?) Well, here’s your chance. Honda is holding a contest for teenaged students, asking them to share their answer to the […]
“Saturday Night Live” Parodies Honda ASIMO in Weird Skit [VIDEO]
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Emily Blunt hosted Saturday Night Live this past weekend, to middling results. Blunt, who was there promoting her new film The Girl on the Train, was a game and talented host, but the episode itself was largely forgettable. The most memorable moments came in the opening sketch, a parody of last weekend’s presidential debate between […]
Honda ASIMO Visits Ohio STEM Students
The groundwork continues to be laid for the inevitable robotic uprising, in which humans will find themselves subjugated and ruled by machines with Artificial Intelligence. First the humanoid Honda ASIMO seized control of major cities, then he met with the world leaders he intends to overthrow, and now he has begun influencing the hearts and […]
Honda ASIMO Visits Dubai, Meets Global Leaders He will Overthrow
Honda ASIMO, the world’s most visible specter of the coming singularity—the moment when artificial intelligence software becomes self-aware and turns on its human masters in bloody conflict—is visiting Dubai this week for The Government Summit: “Shaping Future Governments.” An annual event that runs from February 9th to 11th, the summit put ASIMO in contact with […]
Goodbye Asimo — Honda Retires Beloved Robot
Honda’s ASIMO is likely the world’s most famous robot. Originally unveiled in 2000 after more than a decade of development, it was the first robot to walk on two legs. It can also interpret voice commands and human gestures, determine the distance and direction of multiple moving objects, and autonomously navigate using sensors. Unfortunately, if […]
Dixon & Honda Claim IndyCar Titles in Sonoma
Honda claimed victory over both the 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series drivers and constructors championship at the IndyCar Grand Prix of Sonoma this weekend. Honda driver Ryan Hunter-Reay led 80 of the 85 laps and comfortably won the race, but it was Scott Dixon who went home with the big trophy. Having arrived at the final […]
Honda Announces $1 Million Donation to Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Today Honda announced the donation of a $1 million gift to the Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, pledged with the purpose of establishing the Honda Center for Gait Analysis and Mobility Enhancement, which is meant to improve pediatric mobility. The announcement took place at Nationwide Children’s Hospital during a recognition event featuring representatives of […]
Honda Debuts Self-Driving (and Self-Funding) NeuV Concept at CES 2017
Today at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Honda introduced a very sci-fi looking mini-vehicle dubbed the NeuV (pronounced “new-v”), or “New Electric Urban Vehicle.” The autonomous concept car is based on the fact that most people’s cars sit idle 96% of the time. The NeuV would eliminate that inefficiency and provide customers with […]
Honda New Sponsor of Classic Disneyland Resort Autopia Attraction
Honda has announced that it will be the new sponsor of the Disneyland Resort attraction Autopia, a classic ride that allows visitors to steer specially designed bumper cars around an enclosed track. Honda also committed to continue its multiyear strategic alliance with Disneyland Resort. Autopia—a portmanteau of the words “automobile” and “utopia”—has been a part […]
New Video Highlights Honda Engineers Working on Walking Assist Device
Honda has released another installment of its 12-part “What Makes a Honda is Who Makes a Honda” video series, which highlight the various personalities behind the company, from aerospace engineers to customer service managers. This time, instead of profiling just one person, Honda has chosen to highlight a pair of engineers, whose teamwork is helping […]
Honda Introduces HSS Series of Snow Blowers
Honda recently celebrated the “Year of Honda” with an eye-popping commercial that showcases the many innovative new Honda products launching in 2015, from the Civic Type R to the HondaJet. The vehicles are arranged in the shape of a rocket ship, and led by the Japanese automaker’s ASIMO robot. Well, here’s one brand-new Honda product […]
Civic Type R Blasts Off in “Honda Ignition” Film
Honda wasn’t kidding around when it called 2015 the “Year of Honda” back in January at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The Japanese automaker just celebrated its biggest year of product launches with the release of a new video entitled “Honda Ignition,” which takes the brand’s latest vehicles (including the two-wheeled and […]
Honda Reminds Us That Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist
Last week, the federal government found that American Honda Financial Corporation had violated fair lending laws by routinely charging minority customers $150 to $250 more for loans than their white counterparts. As a result, the automaker will be sending $24 million in rebate checks to the thousands of black, Hispanic, Asian, and Pacific Islander borrowers who […]
Animated Manga Tells Story of Soichiro Honda
As a Japanese car manufacturer, Honda Motor Company has one distinct advantage over its American and European competitors: the automaker knows how to make a good manga. “Honda Origins – The Manga” is a new animated manga video series based on the comic “Honda Soichiro Hon-Den,” published by shogakukan Inc. Honda just posted Volume 1 […]
Here, We Translated these Papercraft ASIMO Instructions for You
We turned the Japanese into English so you can construct an ASIMO with the best of 'em.
Have you ever wanted to build your own robot, but didn’t really want to bother with all that engineering degree nonsense? We can’t all be experts at advanced electronics, so Honda came up with a printable ASIMO toy to make us feel like real-live robotics specialists. Right now, there are full instructions on assembling your […]