Surena, Iran's Asimo-Like Humanoid, Performs Strange Dance On Television

Walks really slow....

I wonder if Japanese people view products made in Iran the same way we view ones made in Japan? Looks like a cheap knockoff of Asimo to me.

I think Iranians disassembled a Woowee robosapiens V2 instead a Honda Asimo. This is bad reverse engineering.

next they'll demonstrate its throwing arm -- soon Iranians won't even have to lift a finger when they decide to stone women.

You sure its in Iran? there's a woman in the studio, and she's not all covered up..

@mad_max, do you think Japanese products are cheap knockoffs? I know they had that reputation up until the late 80s / early 90s. I don't think they're considered to be anymore though. Or are you just rick-rolling me? hehe

why does this thing look like Honda's robot! International patents seem to just have reversed engineered them self's.

Why do people keep making robots that move like humans? Without the comlpex balance guidance, neurological controls, and muscle precision walking on two legs is highly unstable. there has to be a more efficient design.

its already been discussed. human robots are designed because their goal is to assist humans, and assisting humans requires operating in a human focused world. stairs, doors, etc. so human features are what is required.

its no worse than the Americans robot .

it looks like Asimo after a night of hitting the Sake

id kick that robots ass. he's a little slow.

How odd, that humans sit oddly quiet on brightly lit studio podiums, wearing cloths while watching a robot demonstration.

More seriously, Iran hosted a robot expo this year and the above robot was a prize winning unit doing the rounds on tv programmes.

It is worth noting that the article is aiming to disassociate the reader from perfectly ordinary events as something alien to normality.

bravo,
it is one of the superior bipedal robots i have ever seen,
i believe iranian people are great and genius but their government have barbaric thought,