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...growth in part to advanced R. and D. With the help of his Japanese partner (the Japanese are, unsurprisingly, the leaders in sex toy innovation), he is developing unusual products to fill new niches of sexual proclivity-and not just farm animals. Works-in-progress include a "lovebot," a humanoid doll with lifelike skin that will be able to move and speak lines such as, "Am I going too fast for you?" Wu claims companies in Hong Kong and Taiwan are so worried they've tried to steal his designs by sending spies posing as foreign journalists to his factory...
Gusmorino and Lee also successfully defeated "Devil's Beastchild," Mickey Mouse, Santa Claus, Karl Marx, James Joyce, Britney Spears, Mr. Rogers, Red Sox player Nomar Garciaparra, "Gonzo, the chicken-loving vaguely humanoid puppet" and "Alf, the cat-loving alien...
Kismet is the creation of Cynthia Breazeal, a postdoc in the Humanoid Robotics Group at M.I.T. Breazeal has studied for years under Rodney Brooks, perhaps the leading figure in the world of robotics. Breazeal got the idea for Kismet when she was working with Cog, another robot in Brooks' lab that was built to have the physical capacities of a human infant. Cog has a torso, a head and arms, and it can engage in simple tasks like turning a crank or playing with a slinky. Cog is physically gifted but completely lacking in social skills...
LOOK WHO'S WALKING After 15 years of research, Honda reports that it has created a robot that walks on two legs in a lifelike, humanoid fashion. Its name is ASIMO, and it can walk forward and backward and even up and down stairs. There are no plans to market ASIMO just yet, but Honda engineers hope that one day ASIMO will help humans with household tasks. Don't worry: at only 4 ft. tall and 95 lbs., ASIMO is less Terminator and more Robby the Robot...
...levity and aesthetic variation intended by Arts on the Point is more predominant in the organic forms of William Tucker, whose "Rhea," "Kronos," "Ouranus" and "Vishnu" sculptures dot the platforms by the Clark Athletic Center and McCormack building. "Vishnu," the most humanoid of his works, stands solo while the other three godlike representations are grouped together, as if involved in a secret dialogue. Dennis Oppenheim's playful pieces literally converse with each other. Located on the veranda of the Quinn cafeteria, "Black" is an installation of large pots and kettles that seem to have jumped straight out of Alice...