This is a really cool and fun ad put out by Honda featuring their robot Asimo (you can read more about Asimo and other robots developed by Japanese car companies here). The robot acts very human-like in is ad, looking up when water drops on him, acting curious and more. While clearly these reactions were [...]

In order for robots to be useful in some of the more complex tasks out there, they will need a lot of “skills”. One of these is fine-finger skills. The ability to grasp is good – the ability to push buttons in a particular sequence, pick up small objects and manipulate them is better. Another [...]