They were kind of like boxes full of circuitry on legs that became more and more humanlike over time until the big breakthrough came in 2000 with Asimo: the Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility robot.

and yes, even robots. In fact its ASIMO humanoid robot (parodied in a rather disturbingly hilarious episode of South Park) is one of the most advanced in the field of robotics, and it's only ...

The Asimo name returns as an original vehicle operating system developed in-house by Honda, set for use in the new 0 Series EVs. Long before there was Optimus, there was Asimo. Not a lot of people ...