Honda has been advancing well in the area of robotic research in recent years, their signature robot being the Asimo.
The Asimo Robot developed by Honda.Interestingly, the name "Asimo", is very similar to the name "Asimov". Asimov, being the last name of the Russia born science fiction writer, Issac Asimov. He was well known for his science fiction writings. The robots in his writings always obey the three laws that he has come up Three Laws of Robotics are a set of three rules written by Isaac Asimov, which almost all positronic robots appearing in his fiction must obey. Introduced in his 1942 short story "Runaround", although foreshadowed in a few earlier stories, the Laws state the following:
1) A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2) A robot must obey any orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
