Daily Yomiuri On-LineReport from Silicon Valley / Robots set to invade the household

By John Jerney / Special to The Daily Yomiuri

Some people call opera the grandest of the performing arts. According to these people, opera has it all: music, singing, theatrical performance, and occasionally even some dance.
In the world of technology, the equivalent has to be robotics. Robotics combines the best of mechanical design, sensors, microminiaturization, computer science and artificial intelligence. Robotics too has it all.
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