Sony updates its robots

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Aron Schatz
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March 25, 2003
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I want some of these things when they work. Get me a soda and then walk the dog. And then the dog would be robotic, so the fake dog can walk the real dog!

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But now, when it senses that it's about to fall, the SDR-4X II will attempt to correct itself. Failing that, it will attempt to curl up so as to protect its more delicate components from damage, said the report. The robot now also sports sensors and motors that can detect something--a finger, perhaps--is trapped in its joints and stops it from compressing that object.

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