Robots
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My Robot Helper of Tomorrow
Forget flying cars and jetbacks, whatever happened to my cereal-serving robot?
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The Disco-Blasting Robot Waiters of 1980s Pasadena
In 1983, a Chinese fast-food restaurant hired a curious-looking pair of servers: Tanbo R-1 and Tanbo R-2
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How to Become the Engineers of Our Own Evolution
The "transhumanist" movement says better technology will enable you to replace more and more body parts—even your brain
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Fred and Ginger
Two robots, neither as graceful as its namesake, but no less accomplished, are among advances keeping scientists on the cutting edge
Living Off the Land
Robots that feed themselves could become self-propelled farm machinesor military snipers
Something's Fishy about this Robot
When it comes to speed and maneuverability, fish leave man-made submersibles floundering, but RoboTuna and friends may change all that
Redefining Robots
At his laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico, researcher Mark Tilden creates machines that march to the beat of a different drummer
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Arthur Can Make a Machine That Waves Goodbye
MIT sculptor Arthur Ganson is on a roll, creating machines that whir and clack as they seem to take on a life of their own
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