Today Honda has unveiled their new ASIMO robot building on the previous model that was launched 10 years ago. New advancements in ASIMO design and technology now allow it to kick balls, hop on a single leg and even now make it capable of predicting the direction a person will walk allowing it to avoid collisions.

The new version of ASIMO has also been equipped with significantly improved intelligence and the ability to adapt to situations. Watch a few videos of ASIMO in action after the jump

Honda explains:

"ASIMO is now capable of predicting the direction a person will walk within the next few seconds based on information from pre-set space sensors and quickly determining to take an alternate path to avoid a collision with the person if the estimated locations of the person and the ASIMO intersect.”

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Some of our readers will remember ASIMO, Honda’s robot which turned 10 years old last year, Honda has just unveiled a new version of ASIMO, and he has had a few upgrades over the previous version.

The new ASIMO is now capable of continually moving without being controlled by an operator

and he is apparently also more intelligent and able to adapt to more situations and tasks.

The all-new ASIMO is now advanced from an "automatic machine” to an "autonomous machine” with the

decision-making capability to determine its behavior inconcert with its surroundings such as movements

of people. At the beginning of the development process, the following three factors were identifi ... Read more »