HONDA ASIMO FALLS DOWN STAIRS - Sexy Robots Videos
Why Hacker News recommends it
Cited critically as a famous failed demo, to mock ASIMO or the state of humanoid robotics.
What it is
Short clip of Honda's ASIMO humanoid robot falling down stairs during a live demonstration.
Recommended by 0 HN commenters across 0 different months, 2008 to 2011.
What Hacker News said
Critical ivankirigin · 2008-05 · on “The Impossible Dream: Asimo robot conducts Detroit Symphony Orchestra [Video]”
Asimo is a horrible robot. Biomechanically, It just doesn't scale to a real walking system. Here is the most useful video of Asimo you can find online: [this video]
Critical bane · 2011-08 · on “Why Amazon Can't Make A Kindle In the USA”
Interestingly, Japan has spent loads of time on manufacturing robots and personal service robots of dubious utility (see Asimo, Toyotashi and others), while the U.S. has dumped military money at robots and ended up with drones, bomb disposal robots, exoskeletons, etc. etc. While I agree that the level of technology and packaging in Japanese robots in generally higher than U.S. counterparts, to take a rather cheap shot, it was U.S. drones and robots that were first on the scene. Due to the pedigree of mobile robotics, the U.S. needed systems that worked now and not the future...resulting in a variety of heavy duty operable robots capable of working in difficult environments. Here's arguably t
Critical johnyzee · 2011-11 · on “The New Asimo Robot”
Wow, amazing. This has come a long way since the worst demo ever: [this video] The way it manipulates stuff with the hands is very impressive, not to mention the 'understanding' required to pour liquid like that. Wonder how much of that was scripted.