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50-Foot Asimo To Lead Rose Bowl Parade

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Honda is rocking out with their robot out January 1st at the Tournament of Roses on January 1st in Pasadena, California. That's right, a 50-foot likeness of Asimo, the harbinger of our destruction, will lead the parade along with a Honda FCX Clarity (fuel cell car). Be sure to tune in and watch the giant robotic bastard go rogue and start stomping dancers and bystanders. Which, I think we can all agree, will make for some awesome freaking television.

Hit the jump for two more pictures, including one of construction.

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Honda testing 49' Asimo for Rose Bowl [autoblog]

Thanks to Riker, who will be as far away from Pasadena as possible on January 1st.

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