Even more, I want it to be a drag-and-drop model.

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"Robots that are currently 'luxury' according to price will be commoditized in the future and drop in price, very similar to the PC model, " predicts Dan Kara , president of Robotics Trends .

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The two groups worked largely independently to avoid a common shortcut taken by many other manufacturers, which is to simply drop the top bar on a men's model and say it's for women.

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Although his heavenly body-inspired market timing may seem far-fetched, Crawford's work (using the Bradley model) correctly called for a steep drop in September 2001 and a low on the autumnal equinox that year.

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We also believe the change in Service business model will lead to a more aggressive ARPU drop.

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Sometimes people drop by from their dachas in shorts and sneakers and pay for a showroom model right away, in cash.

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But there was no model in use that took into account a generational crisis, one where home prices might drop 20% in one year.

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