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October 22, 2007 3:23 PM PDT

Video: Asimo's post-game interview

by Tim Moynihan

Congratulations to Honda's Asimo, world champion of Crave's 2007 nonviolent robot tournament. In the final battle of the tournament, the smooth and sophisticated bipedal robot ousted Star Trek: The Next Generation's Data by a 78-22 percentage score.

Oh, and get your Asimo souvenir pennant here.

The total vote count was even more impressive. Asimo boasted 2,873 votes to Data's 861. Either total would have won any other game in the tournament, a testament to the feverish excitement created by the tourney across the world.

When Asimo isn't serving snacks to pretty ladies, he's serving beat-downs to his competitors.

(Credit: Honda.com)

The odds-on favorite to win the competition, Asimo beat out 32 other robots (including the Crow T. Robot vs. Tom Servo play-in game) to take home top honors. Honda's robot was seeded No. 1 in the ultracompetitive Prototype Division.

To relive the entire nonviolent robot tournament in its full glory, visit the links below.

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what about Data?
by audiodonald October 22, 2007 4:13 PM PDT
We need the Data rebuttal speech now. Maybe even a do-over vote, considering what a bad attitude Asimo has about the whole thing (not to mention the fax machine scandal).
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wtf............?
by nhlkoho October 23, 2007 1:37 PM PDT
that was pretty much the worst video ever.
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wtf.............? continued
by nhlkoho October 23, 2007 1:38 PM PDT
and i still think that Johnny 5 should have won. you know, because he's alive.
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