ASIMO, the so called human-like robot of Japan is the latest object to get an American embarrassing bow from it’s POTUS Obama. Obama has already bowed to the Saudi prince, the Japanese Emperor and former Asian mayor of Tampa Florida. Now, he’s bowing to robots.
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During his visit to Tokyo, President Obama had a chance to meet ASIMO, a Japanese humanoid robot.
ASIMO, an acronym for Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility, exchanged bows with the president before demonstrating that it could kick a soccer ball.
“How about that, that was pretty impressive,” Obama marveled after the demonstration.
Later, during a meeting with students Obama mentioned his meeting with ASIMO.
“We saw some truly amazing robots — although I have to say the robots were a little scary,” he said. “They were too lifelike. They were amazing.”