If you loved Asimo, then you’ll also love Mahru, a dancing robot developed by Korea. In the picture, you can clearly see a plastic humanoid that waves its arms around while trundling around on two legs. Apparently, it does this to the tune Tell Me by the Korean popular beat combo the Wonder Girls.

Mahru will get its first public outing at the Robot World 2008 show that kicks of in Seoul on Thursday.

Mahru was made by a team at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology. Team leader You Bum-jae claimed the droid was designed for manual labour. A robot’s ability to move all of its limbs separately and simultaneously was a major step forward in creating a work robot.

Mecha has always been a big part of the Japanese anime culture. If you have no idea what mecha is, think Transformers. Every kid who’s ever watched mecha wishes for a real life counterpart at least one time during their entire lives. Well, Honda America brings us the nearest thing to mecha they could. For the upcoming New Year’s Day Rose Parade, Honda has built a giant ASIMO replica which will “pilot” the Honda Ridgeline.

The Ridgeline according to Honda:

“the hood of the truck to fold forward to become an aircraft cockpit, the doors and sides of the truck to unfold outward to become wings, the wheels to tuck under the body, and the bed of the truck to open and take on the form of an aircraft tail section, complete with rocket engines - and even real fire.”

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