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• n  a mechanism that can move automatically

• A little robot called Roomba vacuums your house while you lounge by the pool.
• Nexi is the first of a new class of robot being developed at MIT's Media Lab and referred to as MDS, which stands for mobile, dexterous, social.
• Bacteria inside the robot eat the slimy crittersa process that releases electrons that can be captured and, in theory, keep the bot's batteries perpetually charged.

• automaton
• golem

News & Articles

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• Researchers Build A Robot That Will Beat You At Air Hockey
  Researchers at Japan's Chiba University have built a robot that's capable of playing air hockey. And it will beat you. Not with brute force, but with strategy.
  June 15, 2013 - Forbes
• Robot Dominates Air Hockey, Adapts To Opponents' Playing Style
  colinneagle writes "Researchers at Chiba University in Japan have developed a robot that could frustrate teenagers worldwide with its impressive air hockey skills. What's remarkable about this air hockey-playing robot, which is not the first of its kind, is that it can sense human opponents' playing styles and adapt to defend against them. The key is how the computer controlling the robot views ...
  June 15, 2013 - Slashdot
• Robot Masters
  The robot overlords are coming. In fact, some of them are already here. They're already taking over at the Warren Forest Higher Education Council, so it may be just a matter of time.
  June 14, 2013 - Warren Times Observer

Quotes

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• Neil Patrick Harris in ChicagoNow (blog)
  After having had such a hoot hosting the Tonys, I was thrilled to get the call about the prime-time Emmys,Harris told the AP. "But which voice to choose? I'm torn between gangsta, foppish Brit, and robot. Really proud of my robot. We'll...
• Leonard Slatkin in FOXNews
  It's not a communicative device. It simply is programmed to do a sense of gestures,said Leonard Slatkin, the orchestra's musical director. "If the orchestra decides to go faster, there's nothing the robot can do about it. Hopefully, I keep...
• Mike Lowell in 940 News
  It's human nature in a big game to be nervous,Lowell said. "You can be nervous and confident. But this ice in your veins, man of steel, I don't believe it. No one's this robot, not Dice-K, not anyone."