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President Obama Meets and Plays Soccer with Honda's ASIMO Robot! [w/Video]
A few decades ago, interactive robots with human-like motion capabilities were only a figment of imagination, but technology has progressed quiet a distance since then. During his visit to Japan, U.S. President Barack Obama saw this firsthand after meeting up with Honda's humanoid robot ASIMO at Tokyo's National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (known as "Miraikan"). Read more »
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Honda's Updated Asimo Robot Can Run Faster, Has Improved Hand Dexterity [w/videos]
Get ready for the future, now: Honda will introduce its newest version of ASIMO, the world’s most advanced humanoid robot, to U.S. audiences on the national talk show “LIVE with Kelly and Michael,†on Tuesday, April 15, 2014. The newest...
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Obama Campaign Releases New Ads Touting Auto Bailout
While George W. Bush was the one to initiate the auto industry bailout in 2008, it is President Barack Obama who is trying to capitalize on it with the release of two new television advertisements as part of his reelection campaign. In the first spot,...
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President Obama's Ideal Car For His Oldest Daughter Includes A Boy Ejector
Seems like increasing the average mpg and reducing CO2 emissions for car manufacturers isn’t the only thing US President Barack Obama is occupied with when it comes to automobiles. The president is also worried about the car that his oldest daughter,...
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Obama Speaks At New Battery Plant, Tries Out Chevy Volt Driver's Seat
U.S. President Barack Obama had the chance to get behind the wheel -but not on the road- of the new Chevy Volt during a visit today at the Compact Power battery plant in Holland, Michigan. The new plant, which is being built by a U.S. unit of South Korea's...
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Obama: Auto Industry Bailout Was The Right Thing To Do
President Barack Obama is using GM's recent loan repayment and Chrysler's operating profit as proof that his "unpopular" auto bailout decision was the right thing to do. "I knew this wasn't a popular decision. But it was the...
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