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Humanoid Robot Designed to Replace Factory Workers

September 20, 2010
TOKYO-Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology has developed a new humanoid robot. The 5-foot-tall, 86-pound bipedal robot was developed to help take over manufacturing duties from a rapidly aging Japanese workforce. MORE

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