Take traveling from point A to point B, so a robot can deliver a glass from the kitchen to the dining table: Once it sets out, the robot can try to figure out its position by counting the number of times its wheels have rotated.

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He created 3, 500 square feet of ultra modern, zen-inspired indoor living space that includes a glass-paneled kitchen, remote-controlled dining room table and master bed, and a living room atrium open to the sky.

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Still, we really liked a lot of the ideas and chose to focus on projects that could be done quickly, such as placing battery-operated lights in jars or vases in the windows instead of faux candles and filling clear-glass ornaments with confetti to hang on white tabletop trees as part of the dining-room-table centerpiece.

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