2002-04-22 One thing I noticed is that use the kilogram as a unit of gripping force (0.5 kg/hand). They should have used newtons. Like, 5 N/hand.
John ----- Original Message ----- From: "M R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 2002-04-22 15:48 Subject: [USMA:19577] ASIMO > Just like American companies dumped the computers with > ifp measurements in 80's & 90's, the Japanese are > planning to dump Robot's with metric measurements in > this decade. > > Honda's .com site for the ASIMO humanoid Robot > http://world.honda.com/ASIMO/spec/ > > Converted to ifp, its just 47 1/4 inches, so if some > 1 says its 4 feet, tell them that it is just 47 > inches. > > Madan > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more > http://games.yahoo.com/ >
