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Researchers Dream of Humanizing Androids 
"... a small coterie of devoted professionals and amateurs are working to make fully articulated, humanoid and even sinuously dancing robots a reality."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save“I” robot: train station employee of the future
"East Japan Railway Company has become the world’s first railway company to develop a humanoid robot guide." It doesn't perform too well so far, but apparently gets by on charm - punters fin
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveThe Most Advanced Robots Today
The first anthropomorphic robot built in 1973, was WABOT-1. It was able to communicate with a person in Japanese and to measure distances and directions to the objects using external receptors.
>30 days ago by cliks, 1 User, more info saveRobot to Conduct an Orchestra
ASIMO will be conducting an Orchestra on May 13
>30 days ago by askmogs, 1 User, more info save