End of the line for ASIMO, Japan’s famed robot?


(FILES) This picture taken on July 3, 2013 shows Honda Motor's humanoid robot Asimo interacting with visitors at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo on July 3, 2013. Launched in 2000, the humanoid machine resembling a shrunken spaceman has become arguably Japan's most famous robot, wheeled out to impress visiting politicians over the years. / AFP PHOTO / YOSHIKAZU TSUNO

It has played football with former US president Barack Obama and danced for German leader Angela Merkel, but Honda's ASIMO robot may have reached the end of the line. 

Launched in 2000, the humanoid machine resembling a shrunken spaceman has become arguably Japan's most famous robot, wheeled out to impress visiting politicians over the years. 

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