ASIMO

The article "I, Robot- Are Real Androids Ready for Their Close-Up?" by National Geographic describes about future robots and the humanoid robot, ASIMO. ASIMO, created by Honda,  is a 4 foot-tall robot that looks like a fatter version of the stormtroopers from Star Wars. ASIMO stands for Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility. ASIMO can do all sorts of things like humans can. He can climb stairs and even balance on uneven surfaces. Sony claims that their humanoid robot (QRIO) is the world's first running humanoid robot, however, ASIMO is now doing tours all over the world.    Scientists think that in the future they could make robots that can help patients, serve them food and drinks and administer medicines. They could also do dangerous things for humans like moving chemicals and fighting fires.

I chose this article because it seemed really interesting and it is not too long ago. I mean, just think about it.  A long time ago people were dreaming about this and now we have it. Last year I did a Current Event project that was about an endangered rhino and I checked on National Geographic because it has great reputation and is a known and reliable source. I think it could be good  for society because we can program these robots to follow certain rules and soon they could be driving for us in a safer way.