The sale has generated increasing interest over the last year as cable stocks have begun to rebound, thanks in large part to such new services as cable telephony, digital cable and on-demand television.

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Each robot is composed of two halves: the upper part, shaped like a stunted surfboard, is attached by a cable to a lower part that sports a series of fins and a keel.

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"Five years from now we'd like to be in 50 million homes with a cable network and to be part of women's daily lives on-line, " she says.

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