December 15, 2005
Honda's robot all grown up
By pre-programming the guest's name, meeting room and other data in an IC (integrated circuit) tag to be worn by the visitor upon arrival, an office worker can remotely send commands to Asimo, which in turn would pick them up through a built-in IC tag reader.
Behind the seemingly simple tasks are a myriad advanced sensor, image and voice recognition technologies that Honda says will be applied to its core automotive business to improve safety and other features.
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September 19, 2005
American robots face spirited competition abroad
Mason, on the other hand, argues that robotic technologies "are really a spectacular success," contending that the panel took a narrow view of the field. Speech recognition, for instance, is widely used in telephone answering systems. Motion planning and simulation technology--necessary for robotic navigation--is now widely used in computer animation and video games.
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