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    US Navy designs firefighting robots

    Getting closer to a "One in every household" type scenario. Maybe in 10 years there will be a housemaid model like the one in the Jetsons...
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    Spooner: Human beings have dreams. Even dogs have dreams, but not you, you are just a machine. An imitation of life.
    Can a robot write a symphony? Can a robot turn a... canvas into a beautiful masterpiece?


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    Ahhhh, so that's where the inspiration for Wall-E came from...
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    Fantastic for walkies!

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    Pfft, we made them for a final year engineering project

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    Candles got all sorts of blown out!
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    Pretty soon we'll be wearing them...
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    Be nice if our bikes could do this...
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