Robots may also make a comeback as toys and educational aids. After dinosaurs, robots are the most popular objects of interest to children under the age of 10, according to a recent study by the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One dentist in St. Clair Shores, Michigan uses robots to talk to children when they arrive for dental work. So he sends in the robot and the children follow it into his office. In addition to these developments, Swedish vacuum cleaner manufacture Electrolux is building a vacuuming robot, and Sony is building a robotic dog for the toy market.
Customers are sure to be all ears, waiting for the digi-dog's first binary bark.
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