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To: NormsRevenge

It’s not really a robot: it’s really a sort bipedal vehicle, or maybe a mechanical suit. Robots are either remotely operated or autonomous.

24 posted on 11/30/2012 11:33:06 AM PST by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)

To: Chainmail

You are correct but remember....... a journalist wrote the article and can’t differentiate between a robot and a backhoe or a mechanical suit.

To me, although a special machine, it philosophically is close kin to a Bobcat

36 posted on 11/30/2012 2:53:52 PM PST by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 .....The fairest Deduction to be reduced is the Standard Deduction)

To: Chainmail

You are correct but remember....... a journalist wrote the article and can’t differentiate between a robot and a backhoe or a mechanical suit.

To me, although a special machine, it philosophically is close kin to a Bobcat

37 posted on 11/30/2012 2:54:14 PM PST by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 .....The fairest Deduction to be reduced is the Standard Deduction)

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