Our friend Edd Aragon in Australia shares his experience of seeing the robot Asimo:

I guess Honda is just giving us a preview of things to come: Fully functional robots to serve man and to assist him to overcome his frailties. Asimo? Ah see mo’ for the future, personal robots with little USB eyes, blue-tooth smile and a great ass..imo;-) Asimo nurses? Asimo dance tutors? Asimo ski instructor? Far out! I think asimok too much;-) Well as long as Asimo toes Asimov’s line (referring to Isaac Asimov’s laws of robotics*), we’ll be fine.

Asimo partner? Ugh, I’ll stick to flesh and bones for a while:)

Read the full-length article in Edd’s blog.

Photo credit: Edd Aragon