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From: nagle@netcom.com (John Nagle)
Subject: Re: Human form robot
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John Wasser <wasser@jamin.enet.dec.com> writes:
>John Williams <ja.williams@student.qut.edu.au> wrote:
>> Anyway, my point is, has anyone else seen/heard about this?  I think
>> the robot was called the 'P2' or something like that, and was developed
>> by one of the larger Japanese elctronics/industrial manufacturers.
>	A humanoid walking robot appeared yesterday on one of the
>	morning news shows here in the USA.  It was built by Honda.
>	I did a web search for more about the robot.
>	It was apparently first shown last December.  Several 
>	references can be found here:
>		<http://robby.caltech.edu/~kajita/kajita.html>
>	You can see a picture of the robot (an read about it in 
>	Japanese) here:
>		<http://www.honda.co.jp/home/hpr/press-info/c96122.html>

     Yes.  That machine has been out for a while, and it's a great
achevement.  Honda has a few patents on it, although they don't tell
you much.

					John Nagle
