Aww that lovable Asimo

For those that don't know who (see: what) Asimo is, it is a humanoid robot developed by the good people at Honda. Asimo stands for "Advanced Step in Innovative MObility". Obviously...

Well the robot, which resembles a midget in a space suit, has made appearances all over the world encouraging science and learning. For that alone I applaud Honda. We need to once again intrigue children with science.

But why the article on Asimo you ask? Well at another press event Asimo was assigned the task of climbing up and down a flight of stairs and in turn hilarity ensued.

The response from the Honda employees after Asimo's untimely geriatric falling is nothing if not spectacular and mildly reminiscent of the Wizard of Oz. Pay no attention to the broken robot behind the curtain! Look at the Honda logo on the screen! We're turning the lights off, pay us no mind!

Seriously though, they straight up cover Asimo up so people can't see. But they saw, oh they all saw it. It's as if Asimo was a dog and he poo'ed on the rug, and instead of cleaning it up they just put newspaper over it. Everyone can see the newspaper, and they know what's underneath it, but they are expected to act as if they don't. Only this time it's not poo, it's a multi-million dollar robot, and everyone saw it fail.

Take it Honda.

\\drew