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* [http://news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=26542005 Robot makers say World Cup will be theirs by 2050] (Scotsman News) - Japanese robotics experts claim robots will beat humans at football by 2050. Keio University of Tokyo recent winners of robot world cup in Lisbon. New robot, VisiON, stands 38cm tall and operates independently of humans]
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* [http://news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=26542005 Robot makers say World Cup will be theirs by 2050] (Scotsman News) - Japanese robotics experts claim robots will beat humans at football by 2050. Keio University of Tokyo recent winners of robot world cup in Lisbon. New robot, VisiON, stands 38cm tall and operates independently of humans.
 
* [http://www.businessweek.com/print/bwdaily/dnflash/nov2004/nf20041124_1072_db083.htm?chan=db%E2%8A%82=bw75& Toward a More Human Robot] (BusinessWeek article) - Interview with Takeo Kanade. As director of '''Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute''' from 1992 to 2001, Takeo Kanade has been one of the pioneers in the field of robotics. On the future of robotics, the US research situation and playfulness.
 
* [http://www.businessweek.com/print/bwdaily/dnflash/nov2004/nf20041124_1072_db083.htm?chan=db%E2%8A%82=bw75& Toward a More Human Robot] (BusinessWeek article) - Interview with Takeo Kanade. As director of '''Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute''' from 1992 to 2001, Takeo Kanade has been one of the pioneers in the field of robotics. On the future of robotics, the US research situation and playfulness.
 
* [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/afp/20041201/lf_afp/afplifestyle_japan_041201101255 Japanese robot to chat lonely elderly out of senility] (Yahoo News) - Japan's growing elderly population from will be able to buy companionship in the form of a 45-centimeter (18-inch) robot, programmed to provide just enough small talk to keep them from going senile.
 
* [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/afp/20041201/lf_afp/afplifestyle_japan_041201101255 Japanese robot to chat lonely elderly out of senility] (Yahoo News) - Japan's growing elderly population from will be able to buy companionship in the form of a 45-centimeter (18-inch) robot, programmed to provide just enough small talk to keep them from going senile.

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  • Robot makers say World Cup will be theirs by 2050 (Scotsman News) - Japanese robotics experts claim robots will beat humans at football by 2050. Keio University of Tokyo recent winners of robot world cup in Lisbon. New robot, VisiON, stands 38cm tall and operates independently of humans.
  • Toward a More Human Robot (BusinessWeek article) - Interview with Takeo Kanade. As director of Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute from 1992 to 2001, Takeo Kanade has been one of the pioneers in the field of robotics. On the future of robotics, the US research situation and playfulness.
  • Japanese robot to chat lonely elderly out of senility (Yahoo News) - Japan's growing elderly population from will be able to buy companionship in the form of a 45-centimeter (18-inch) robot, programmed to provide just enough small talk to keep them from going senile.
  • Army to deploy robots that shoot (News.com article) - Next year, the U.S. Army will give robots machine guns, although humans will firmly be in control of them.

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