Humanoid Robot?

Why Create a Humanoid Robot? The dream sounds simple. Design a robot that can duplicate the complexities of human motion and genuinely help people. An easy task? Not at all. ASIMO took more than two decades of persistent study, research, and trial and error before Honda engineers achieved their dream of creating an advanced humanoid robot. In 1986, Honda engineers set out to create a walking robot. Early models (E1, E2, E3) focused on developing legs that could simulate the walk of a human. The next series of models (E4, E5, E6) were focused on walk stabilization and stair climbing. Next, a head, body and arms were added to the robot...

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INDIA in 2040

In 2011, Indians are more free in India than Americans in US. Your life is not an open book to the government like it is in US. Your finances are not 100% in the face of electronic tracking. I presume 50% of the economy does not show up on any books. It has its ills. Lack of proper taxation leads to poor infrastructure. Flip side the underground economy in completely legitimate products is capitalism to its ultimate. India has a lot going for it in the realm of higher education. Electric car manufacturers (like Reva) are beginning to taking a foot hold as well. India will be more nuclear than US because that is the only hope. I feel India is on the right track. give some time. it could end up exceeding China in the next generation..... one thing that you do not hear about is "hi-tech"...

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