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Article: Not just a pretty face: entertainment robots like Sony's impressive humanoid robot QRIO are getting smarter and smarter, not to mention faster and faster. Tony McNicol went in pursuit.(Entertainment Robots)
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- Look Japan
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- March 1, 2004
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WHAT if every home had a robot instead of a personal computer? Instead of tapping out instructions on a keyboard, you could just turn to the android standing in the corner of your living room and tell it what to do. You want to know about tomorrow's weather, or about your appointments for the day; maybe check what's on at the local theater--ask the android.
That may still sound like something out of a manga comic, but the "home robot" could be here sooner than you think. Companies all over the world are developing robots to understand commands, distinguish human voices and faces, connect themselves to the Internet; even biped robots that can amble around a family ...