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12.01.09
Robot of the Week

The Latest Model

Robots are stealing human jobs: in factories, in the military, and now on the catwalk
By Val Wang Posted 05.12.2009 at 10:00 am 3 Comments

Does the world need another waifish fashion model who can make a limited number of facial expressions and whose main skill in life is walking jerkily down a catwalk? If you are the Japanese robotics industry, the answer is yes.

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