Rolling past the Journal's legal reporting team, she commented on how empty the office seemed at midmorning, within earshot of several reporters who were just outside the robot's limited peripheral vision.

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And, despite Superbot's impressive morphing abilities, Shen said DARPA's vision of a liquid-like robot was still a long way beyond existing technology.

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But instead of an ominous sci-fi vision of a planet run by robot overlords, they envision a world that will be shaped, for better or worse, by us.

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If this fantastic simulacra isn?t enough for you, Robot Gunslinger also has ultrasonic hearing and magnified, infrared vision ? demonstrated by the first ever use of computer generated imagery in a film ?

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Beyond the challenges of getting a robot to walk and kick, there is the task of locating a ball, which involves vision and localization, and knocking it into a goal, which requires strategizing abilities.

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Vision Robotics, a company based in San Diego, has demonstrated a prototype vine-pruning robot.

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