US President Barack Obama plays soccer with Honda‘s high-tech robot Asimo in Japan

Obama-visits-National-Museum-of-Emerging-Science-and-InnovationAsimo, Honda’s bipedal humanoid robot, today greeted U.S. President Barack Obama at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan) in Tokyo, Japan.

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Asimo greeted President Obama in English – “Mr. President, I am ASIMO, a humanoid robot. It is a pleasure to meet you.” Asimo then demonstrated some signature moves including running, kicking a ball and jumping.
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