They hope to use lessons from animals, plants and even bacteria to make robotsmore able to operate in the real world alongside humans.One example is iCub, a humanoid robot that can wake at a human touch, canappear to watch their movements intently and even perform dance likemovements with …
Meet the robot dancer and the mechanical portrait artist
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