Check out President Obama playing ball with ASIMO, or Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility! Obama and the robot even shared a bow, which some viewed as inappropriate, not for the robot but for Obama.

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“How about that, that was pretty impressive,” Obama said as he marveled the robot’s impressive ball handling skills..

“We saw some truly amazing robots — although I have to say the robots were a little scary,” he said. “They were too lifelike. They were amazing.”