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I’m not saying that you have to be best friends with either of these robots. Certainly you’d be free to take your relationship to that level if you really hit it off, and that would just be wonderful for both of you. New friends are great! You can never have enough of them. But for the sake of this discussion I’m just trying to say if you had to hang out with one of these robots in the context of maybe a small party with a few close friends, or maybe even something like you have to be in a group with them on a work retreat and you’ve always seen them around but you’ve never said anything to each other before, not that you’re avoiding each other, it’s just you’ve never had the opportunity — which robot would you pick? On the left we have a robot with a woman’s head who walks very slowly and doesn’t seem to do much else. On the right we have Honda’s new ASIMO model, which can walk faster and even pour you a drink, but is also somehow slightly creepier. Not that they aren’t both VERY creepy! They’re both super creepy. Soooooooooo, which one would you rather hang out with?! Let’s see them in action first.
Honda’s new ASIMO model:
Slow-Walking Robot:
Hmmmmm. They both seem delightful, so this is tough. I’d love to hang out with ASIMO because I feel like it’d be fun to jump around with, but the slow-walking robot just seems SUPER chill and sometimes it’s nice to hang out with people who know how to relax. Man. It’s a tough call! I guess I’m going to have to go with the chill robot. Meeting new people is difficult and I bet ASIMO would just be really intense about making friends, which would make me pretty uncomfortable. Chillbot would probably give you a good amount of space. But. WHICH WOULD WOULD YOU PICK?! Please take this seriously and give it a lot of thought, this is very important. (Via Neatorama and SayOMG.)
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I hate robots. This post is my nightmare.
my current group is pretty close. but we have been looking for a 4th ever since we were programmed to play euchre
Yep, this is my Halloween costume for next year. Tinfoil Robot!
I take that back….its gonna be SEXY Tinfoil Robot!
Can we make them have a robo-child? I’d hang out with the robo-child. #NoRoboPedo
it doesn’t end well.
It doesn’t end EVER.
If this choice is between getting poured a drink in my living room or taking a torturously slow walk in the stinking outdoors, I think the answer is obvious.
Marry: Chillbot
Boff: ASIMO
Kill: All humans
I’m always a fan of a robot who knows how to enjoy a drink once in a while.
I would hang out with ASIMO.
I hope you weren’t hoping for a more detailed answer, because I would really rather this didn’t turn into a conversation.
I read somewhere that they’re programming Asimo to clean up the radioactive waste in Japan. If he can do that, he can clean my house. I pick him.
You have radioactive waste in your house??!?
Don’t tell anyone.
It doesn’t matter it all comes down to this:
that’s my computer wallpaper!
“you’re a nerd” – my girlfriend when i explained it to her
I need to do that!
Explain your wallpaper to Explainer Guy’s girlfriend?
Facetaco, this conversation can serve no purpose anymore. Goodbye.
Seriously, that girl does not get ANY of our 1960s robot references.
Danger, explainer guy tries again!
There is clearly a guy in the ASIMO robot suit.
Also, what drink is that?
Vodka with a hint of OJ. ASIMO wins!
I’m so happy Honda’s given their ASIMO robot the ability to run like a ninja (I’m not happy Honda’s given their ASIMO robot the ability to run like a ninja).
It’s okay, because Japan has yet to discover WD-40 and ASIMO squeaks like an old well pump.
Someone really adept at video editing needs to take that side view of the chill robot walking, and superimpose it behind Anthony Michael Hall, Emilio Estevez and Judd Nelson in that scene from Breakfast Club where they’re all getting high and dancing around, and the guys are walking back and forth together. I swear to you it won’t be worth it.
Ah, shoot. I didn’t read your comment before posting The Big Shoe Dance. Yours is better! I can admit when I’m wrong.
“Bullshit!”
- Everyone who knows me in real life.
Right around 0:37…
I’d rather hang out with these robots.
I choose ASIMO because I don’t hang out with bitches who are skinnier than me.
ASIMO moves exactly how fake robots have moved in movies and tv shows since robots were a thing that we imagined. I wonder if it’s because we imagined it that way so that’s how we made them move, or because we were really good at guessing how robots would move someday?
Slow walker moves like a geriatric, so maybe it’s the first one.
Is that ASIMO or A.W.E.S.O.M.E-O?
Asimo can pour the drinks but I’ll have whatever she’s having. Looks like vodka and peyote.