Long before there was Optimus, there was Asimo. Not a lot of people know this, but Honda was actually experimenting with ...

Fans of technology will recall a number of years when Honda’s humanoid robot Asimo seemed to be everywhere. In addition to its day job in a research lab, Asimo had a public relations side gig ...

Honda loves its friendly ASIMO robot, and for the most part, we get a kick out of him, too. (Especially when he has a bad day.) The little guy's latest endeavor is a starring role in a new iPhone ...

Coming from a lab in France is The Poppy Project, an open source humanoid robot that’s at least as cool as ASIMO. Poppy was designed as an affordable bipedal robot for use in education and art.

and Samsung is preparing to (literally) roll out its own robot this year. Maybe we're on the cusp of everything Honda's endearing ASIMO robot was supposed to be.

As for ASIMO, we'll be impressed when he drops the baton and picks up Yo-Yo Ma's violin to play a flawless performance of Mozart's 4th. Well here's an Aw Snap! for Honda: Toyota already built that ...

While Asimo was never destined for factory work like Tesla CEO claims the Optimus robot will be one day, Honda learned a lot about human-machine interaction until Asimo was retired in 2018.