Who is the creator of ASIMO?
ASIMO (アシモ, ashimo?) is a humanoid robot created by Honda Motor Company. Standing at 130 centimeters (4 feet 3 inches) and weighing 54 kilograms (119 pounds), the robot resembles a small astronaut wearing a backpack and can walk or run on two feet at speeds up to 6 km/h (3.7 mph)[1]. ASIMO was created at Honda’s Research & Development Wako Fundamental Technical Research Center in Japan. It is the current model in a line of eleven that began in 1986 with E0. Officially, the name is an acronym for “Advanced Step in Innovative MObility”. Honda’s official statements[2] indicate that the robot’s name is not a reference to science fiction writer and inventor of the Three Laws of Robotics, Isaac Asimov. In Japanese, the name is pronounced ashimo and, not coincidentally, means “legs also” (from Japanese 足も).[citation needed] As of 2007, there are 46 ASIMO units in existence.[3] Each one costs less than $1 million to manufacture,[4] and some units are available to be hired out for $166,000 per
