Asimo Robot New 20 Features

This video demonstrates the capabilities of the robot Asimo which is being developed in Japan. Showing its impressive 20 new features it can perform complex tasks such as identifying multiple peoples' voices, unscrewing a bottle and pour liquid into it, and carry trays. More interestingly it can direct people in a facility, while giving instructions.

Video Description:
"he all-new ASIMO is now advanced from an "automatic machine" to an "autonomous machine" with the decision-making capability to determine its behavior in concert with its surroundings such as movements of people. At the beginning of the development process, the following three factors were identified as necessary for a robot to perform as an autonomous machine, and the technologies required to realize these capabilities were developed; 1) high-level postural balancing capability which enables the robot to maintain its posture by putting out its leg in an instant, 2) external recognition capability which enables the robot to integrate information, such as movements of people around it, from multiple sensors and estimate the changes that are taking place, and 3) the capability to generate autonomous behavior which enables the robot to make predictions from gathered information and autonomously determine the next behavior without being controlled by an operator."

Social and Ethical Concerns
People and Machines
This video provides an insight into the future when humans will be interacting with more human-like robots. With these capabilities, the all-new ASIMO takes another step closer to practical use in an environment where it coexists with people.