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Saturday, October 12, 2002
http://www.wired.com/news/gizmos/0,1452,55421,00.html The Shape of Bots to Come Kendra Mayfield Four decades ago, TV viewers foresaw a 21st century served by domestic robots like The Jetsons' housekeeper, Rosie. Just a couple of generations later, children watched the cartoon, Transformers, which had robots that could unite and reconstruct to form powerful machines. Today's robots are closer to Jetsons-like reality, with bots that can vacuum (registration required), mow lawns and appear to serve drinks. But the next wave of robots may resemble Transformers. Unlike domestic Rosie bots, self-reconfiguring robots have to morph into different shapes to best fit the terrain, environment and task....
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