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Honda taps Asimo for edge in driverless-car race

Asimo demonstrated its craft last week at the New York auto show.
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Yuki Hagiwara Ma Jie
April 25, 2014 05:00 AM

TOKYO -- In 1986, Honda Motor Co. built a pair of robotic legs that could walk in a line. A decade later, it added an upper body.

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