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Robots are now being developed that can "understand" human emotions. They can interact with their users, and express happiness and sadness, depending on the situation.
European researchers working on the Feelix Growing project hope that their caring robots will eventually be able to provide companionship for the elderly, monitor patients, and help autistic children.
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One of the great things about these little bots is that you can make them from scavenged materials. Use parts from broken electronics and bring them back to life as little robots!
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A robot developed by roboticists at the University of Pennsylvania is made of modules that can recognise each other.
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Toyota shows off a violin playing robot and a two-wheeled human transporter -- the latest products of its robots program that seeks to develop a practical human assistance robot by the early part of the 2010s.
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The amazingly realistic female android, named Actroid DER 2, was demonstrated at the AKIBA Robot Festival here in the Akihabara district of Tokyo. For more information visit Robots Dreams at http://www.robots-dr eams.com.