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mark_15
11-24-2006, 12:16 AM
inquirerJapanese schools or businesses looking for a helper with a will of steel now have another number they can call -- robot receptionists ready to work for hourly wages. The blue and white robots, which have cat-like ears and a large video camera lens for an eye, made their debut last month as hospital workers and are now being put up for rent to take additional jobs. Read more... (http://newsinfo.inquirer.ne t/breakingnews/infotech/view_article.php?art icle_id=34145)

puting tainga
11-26-2006, 10:41 PM
I have watched a lot of movies and cartoons about robots or robots playing very important parts in a movie.
Halimbawa, R2D2 and C3PO of Star Wars.
Or AI.
See the list in Wikipedia for more. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_ro bots_and_androids)

We are now entering such an age.
Any country, which adopted a new technology (new machine, new weapon systems,) wins the race.
That’s what the history tells us.

Japan may be winning the race by achieving great in robots.