Honda Motor's humanoid robot Asimo stands next to a wooden robot-shaped model in Tokyo.
Honda Motor Co's humanoid robot Asimo stands next to a wooden robot-shaped model as he is introduced to Japanese school children during a demonstration in Tokyo April 6, 2005. Honda said it will offer Asimo to aid in teaching science classes for young people, programmed by the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, on such subjects as centre of gravity, balancing, and advancement of science and technology. Standing behind the robots is Japan's first astronaut and museum director Mamoru Mohri. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao YN