Robots have a home here in Japan.

The industry employs 250,000 people, and it's expected to goto one million by 2025.

And there's a wide variety of robots.

They're humanoid robots, which can imitate human movements and Androids, which are basically synthetic humans.

We even sent a robot to the International space station.

You know, both mission to help the astronauts help me out with this report is Tokyo based Techie Joseph Tame.

Hey, welcome.

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Every year, Joseph runs a Tokyo Marathon with a whole mountain of technology on his back.

Wearable tech.

You are like a robotic human on.

You know what I really feel?

How challenging it is to get a ll that technology into a really kind of small form factor on then make a robot that is gonna move around freely and independently.

So I mean, I can't wait to see what I was gonna do for us.

Joseph and I talked about why Japan is so accepting of robots compared to the rest of the world.

You know, I think that it's because at the heart of Japanese culture, there is a love of robots because Japanese people grow up with these animate and mango, where there's helpful robots in your house that your friends.

So it's only natural that people would want to develop.

He's friendly robots in their own homes.

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In the West, I think way.

See robots as destroying the world.

Terminators Sky Net, going active and taking over the world.

But the reality is in Japan, robots are seen as friendly, almost saving the world.

In fact, people get into robot suits, which makes them more powerful, good for the world.

While we wait for the next Asimo demo performance, let's take a look around Honda's Welcome plaza.

It's situated right on Aoyama, a chum, a station between Shibuya Shinjuku and re punky and loaded with cars and motorcycles.

Friendly staff with big smiles, a gift shop with everything Honda like a giant Asimo doll.

Smaller ones, too.

Welcome Plaza has a cafe, and you can sip hot coffee and tea here, surrounded by the latest automobiles.

Don't forget about the show.

Let's check out Asimo.

Wait.

He's coming here now.

Spaces with human activity takes place.

Theosophy, mo demos show is free of charge with multiple shows per day.

Yeah, movements are amazing and it makes Joseph And I wonder what sort of challenges we can try with Awesome to see how far the technology has come.

Also, most kick a ball challenge.

Can he kick a ball?

Come on, give me your best shot.

Can you come on?

Fast shot I wasn't prepared for such velocity and accuracy.

The crowd roars.

Second shot Pretty good, but I was ready.

The crowd chance for more on Asimo celebrates with me Robotic Cuming First human Wait Robot 10 meter race What?

Asimo is off to a fast start.

Joseph has trouble with all his devices on the outside of his body.

It's still the 21st century.

After all, he gains on Osama.

But it's not enough.

The winner by a hair if he had any Asimo a little thank you in my heart.

Expand your name.

I know, I know, but I think your starter start looking.

It's good at it.

That's Kitty's almost about India.

No ties.

You should not tea.

You're not gonna get anything.

So Honda had envisioned a robot as a personal assistant.

Back in the late 19 seventies, early 19 eighties, Asimo has really evolved since then from a gigantic, headless, massive steel in the first prototype in 1986 E zero friendly, childlike icon of modern Japan in 2014.

Asimo.

It's amazing how close they are today.

Although Asimo is not sold to the public yet, you can get a glimpse of the future with the demo show.

It's an only in Japan experience showing off how far humanoid technology has come.

There are many other humanoid robots, but what makes us the most special is that it's all very beautifully put together, like the robots we dreamed about only 15 years ago.

He hops, He runs, he sings and more as Asimo heads backstage for a break.

Let's ask the audience what they thought.

It's amazing when I was a kid, robotics or just science fiction.

And now here we have a robot running and talking, and it's amazing ability, an amazing flexibility in his hands.

Well, I think if they could perfected communications and somebody could give it directions.

Nick, telephone calls, appointments I could turn to and say Awesome.

What time is this appointment?

Can you make them a call?

I'm running late.

Go get my bags and give them to May and things like that that a personal assistant that I have to pay and they're unreliable.

It would be a very nice tool for someone like me.

And I'm sure many people Andi, so human like and sure anything is possible After this, anything is possible with the ability to move so stable it just makes much.

Takes so much work to get that right so likable you can't help but smile.

When you look at him, he's just you.

Just like him immediately.

Just form is engaged and just really huge like a cute little boy.

Here's a cute little boy.

What did he think about Awesome where you are.

James.

There's one more challenge for Arsenal dance song.

Let's see if the humanoid brought his a game.

Thio.

You don't know Dancing is a fantastic way to show off every possible move that Asimo can do and every move Joseph and I can't do way milk the cow.

The future for Asimo is still not written, and anything is possible.

Hey, when NASA started sending people to space, the whole range of inventions came from that project.

Honda's Asimo is the same new ways to help people with mobility have spawned from Massimo, and we got a chance to try one out.

The Uni Cub.

The best feature of this is the ability to move hands and legs free.

It's all controlled in the seat.

You could move forwards and backwards and left and right without spinning.

The unique cup is just debuting now, so hopefully we can get one toe lease or buy in the near future.

Giddy up Unicom The science fiction fantasies of yesterday are coming true in Japan today.

Japan may not have many horses and cowboys, but with tech like this, it's easy to write off into the technological sunset.