Google-backed
exhibit shows robots just want to be
friends. They promise.
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Robots aren't plotting an imminent human take-over;
robots are our partners and
friends. That's the broad theme of a Google.org-backed robotics
exhibit coming soon to Chicago.*
Robot Revolutionfeatures cutting-edge bots that can climb up and down ladders, solve a Rubik's cube at lightning speed, compete in a soccer match, mimic your facial expressions, make "eye" contact, and, in the case of the furry seal robot PARO, respond to human touch.*
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The
exhibit first premiered at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry in 2015, then traveled to Denver and Philadelphia. **w it's back with even more
robots and support from Google's philanthropic arm and Boeing, the aircraft and rocket manufacturing giant.*
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