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IcerocketAsimo's Pimp Shuffle
Posted 01.09.2007 at 3:53 pm
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Honda's Asimo demos on their North Hall stage have been drawing large crowds, likely full of people hoping to see the bipedal 'bot take another tumble. Monday's demos didn't come through in that respect, but the gathered onlookeres were instead treated to a different spectacle: Asimo's "running" capabilities. While it may look like a child astronaut urgently needing a restroom (or a child astronaut who has mastered a sort of fast-motion pimp walk), Asimo's four-mph jog—in which both feet leave the ground for a brief .08 seconds at the height of the stride—is nonetheless a pretty amazing sight. —John Mahoney
Check out the little guy warming up and then making the dash below:
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Comments
The future is now, and it makes me giggle.
0 out of 0 people found this comment helpfulso uh... did that trigger a fight or flight impulse in anyone elses lizard brain? I'm not kidding, I have a deep desire to stop that thing right now.
0 out of 0 people found this comment helpfulKILL IT! KILL IT WITH FIRE!!
0 out of 0 people found this comment helpfulI like the nod, letting her know that it's ready
0 out of 0 people found this comment helpfulThat is the scariest thing I have ever seen.
I for one bow to our new robot overlords and wish to remind them as a native human I can facilitate the easy transition period.
LONG LIVE BUSH!!!
0 out of 0 people found this comment helpfulIt runs like a frightened little girl.
0 out of 0 people found this comment helpfulEric, I'm with you on that one. Fight response here.
0 out of 0 people found this comment helpfulhis voice is like a 7 year old who's trying to sound older.
BTW, the kill it with fire comment actually made me laugh out loud, lol.
0 out of 0 people found this comment helpfulhehe, running like shited in! :D
0 out of 0 people found this comment helpfulanyway burning it... where are you man? midle age??! pfff
yeah, soon we'll be all locked up in our hibernation suits steering one of these ourselves, because "anything is possible".
0 out of 0 people found this comment helpfulFight wars, have sex. And when you loose one, you have to go buy another. But if you don't have the money? You'll be thrown in the pit.
Hoorah for future civilization! Just connect Second Life to actual life with these things and you're done.
Well, there will prolly be a mass hippie movement growing new trees, and.. oh man, my head, we could go on forever. hehe.