As Big Three Flounder, Honda Puts Finishing Touches on 49-Foot Robot

The news out of Detroit grows ever bleaker, but Honda is all smiles as it prepares to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its U.S. operations and parade a 49-foot robot through the streets of Pasadena. During yesterday’s dry run of the Rose Parade opening show, Honda unveiled the design of its float (pictured at right), a towering, top-hatted replica of the company’s ASIMO humanoid robot (although we think Playmobil‘s legal team might want to take a closer look).