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Me and my robot …

Tom Kisken

Scripps Howard News Service

Adonis dances the Macarena to show how robots can simulate human movement.

Goggle-eyed Kismet is programmed to express lip-clenching anger and eyebrows-arched surprise.

And University of Southern California researchers work on teaching robots teamwork so they can cooperatively build a shelter to house astronauts on Mars.

Some academicians predict the day when machines evolve into feeling, intelligent, decision-making humanoids is still a century away. But others suggest that within 20 years robots could be built as companions for special-needs children or as caretakers that remind home-bound seniors to take medication.

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