Honda's Continuing Progress With the Asimo Robot and the Honda Odyssey
Honda (producer of high quality auto parts like Acura CL EGR valve) has recently achieved another breakthrough in the field of robotics when it has successfully made two humanoid robots to work in pairs.
The demonstration was held in Tokyo where the two child-size ASIMOs were made to serve tea and do other tasks in coordination with each other. According to Honda, the new robot buddy system enables the humanoids to share information on each other's location as well as keep track of each other's activities.
To demonstrate the new capabilities of the ASIMOs they were made to make their way around the room while pushing a refreshment cart then picking up and setting down drink trays.
According to the automaker the upgrades that they have put on the ASIMO robots allow them to recognize drink choices and to carry a tray with the particular ordered drink. The most amazing about the ASIMO is the part where they can analyze and at the same time predict the movement of real humans enabling them to avoid getting in the way.
Dodge Minivan to Bow Down to Honda Odyssey
Aside from the ASIMO, Honda's Odyssey is also making waves and it may grab the minivan crown from Chrysler.
It can be noted that it was Chrysler that single-handedly developed the minivan market segment with its Dodge Caravan and the Chrysler Town & Country. Since the introduction of the Caravan in the US in 1983 it has become the top-selling minivan.
But it seems that Chrysler will not be holding the minivan crown for long especially with Honda selling over 158,139 Odyssey minivans compared to the 154,824 Dodge Caravans sold in the same period that is according to data gathered by AutoData.
Chrysler's sales suffered for 2007 because of changeover to the new version that is according to Chrysler spokeswoman Beverly Thacker. Aside from that more buyers are shifting to crossover SUVs thereby reducing further the minivan market share. The Caravan sales are now down by 21 percent as compared to the number it sold by the end of November in 2006.
With regards to total minivan sales including Chrysler Town & Country and Dodge Caravan, Chrysler LLC remains to be the market leader with 279,000 units of minivans sold. But despite this fact industry analysts thinks that Chrysler need to do better than that, if it wants to keep the title as US best-selling minivan especially with Honda working hard to improve the sales of its minivans and so far it's doing a pretty good job.
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Anthony Fontanelle is a 35-year-old automotive buff who grew up in the Windy City. He does freelance work for an automotive magazine when he is not busy customizing cars in his shop.
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