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Toy Robots

                 Robotic toys, such as Furby, have been popular since 1998. There are also small humanoid
                 remote-controlled robots as well as electronic pets, such as robotic dogs. These robots combine
                 sensors, computation and motors to interact intelligently with their environment.


                                                       •      Lego and Furby were educational robots introduced in
                                                            1998. Furby was inexpensive, stand-alone and

                                                            interactive toy. It had multiple  sensory movements
                                                            (light, touch, sound, etc.) More than 12 million Furbys
                                                            were sold in one year.








                    •  Aibo was Sony’s robotic dog. It was introduced in 1999
                     in the US and Japan.



                 Humanoid
                 A humanoid  robot  is a  robot  with  its body  built  to  resemble the  human body.  In  general,
                 humanoid robots have a torso, a head, two arms, and two legs. Some forms of humanoid
                 robots may model only part of the body, for example, from the waist up. Some humanoid

                 robots also have heads designed to replicate human facial features such as eyes and mouth.








































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